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NIGERIA
‘WAITING FOR THE HANGMAN’
APPENDIX 3: CRIME STATISTICS PER STATE IN NIGERIA
MURDER
ARMED ROBBERY
2007 2006 2005 2004 2007 2006 2005 2004
Abuja Fct - 15 20 32 60 48 152 181
Abia 50 83 68 145 96 97 906 176
Adamawa 75 85 96 64 89 108 104 84
A / Ibom 146 91 65 94 88 51 47 51
Anambra 86 68 56 51 63 65 113 200
Bauchi 72 68 54 82 - 51 42 98
Bayelsa 45 27 31 73 52 51 27 32
Benue 27 26 27 37 27 32 49 48
Borno 106 104 100 92 41 61 657 107
C / River 73 88 62 62 137 134 80 94
Delta 66 80 917 177 120 121 177 216
Ebonyi 48 53 59 53 51 62 30 98
Edo 68 85 86 30 79 163 159 147
Ekiti 32 26 28 23 30 36 49 38
Enugu 23 43 25 62 37 44 53 56
Gombe 18 19 30 31 15 22 51 43
Imo 75 141 102 82 84 172 134 118
Jigawa 18 19 27 15 16 23 7 23
Kaduna 80 78 89 98 40 55 53 63
Kano 41 38 51 55 108 56 81 63
Katsina 31 28 3 38 31 55 67 63
Kebbi 16 39 26 44 19 30 28 47
Kogi 57 32 34 48 41 57 66 36
Kwara 22 20 92 10 16 20 31 23
Lagos 37 80 146 138 70 306 204 141
Niger 46 92 85 74 97 131 141 143
Nasarawa 64 59 58 76 32 43 49 33
Ogun 65 68 67 51 107 166 126 90
Ondo 34 24 44 39 58 70 97 54
Osun 30 24 26 24 51 31 31 31
Oyo 88 71 89 82 224 194 172 1478
Plateau 31 34 30 42 36 43 39 36
Rivers 76 76 74 72 145 138 134 123
Sokoto 29 21 26 31 24 21 23 20
Taraba 38 40 28 39 80 38 30 38
Yobe 40 49 35 70 20 37 38 97
Zamfara 36 19 37 21 32 22 32 33
Railway/Airport 2 11
TOTAL 1891 2013 2893 2257 2327 2854 4279 4422
Source: Nigeria Police Force, Annual Reports 2004-2007 and http://nigeriapolice.org
Amnesty International October 2008 Index: AFR 44/020/2008