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Violence in Nigeria

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Map 2.2<br />

Fatality rates result<strong>in</strong>g from oil distribution <strong>in</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong>, per 100,000 <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />

(June 2006-May 2014)<br />

Fatalities caused by oil production (June 2006-May 2014)<br />

Between 2006 and 2014, oil production activities precipitated some marked <strong>in</strong>cidences<br />

of violence, ma<strong>in</strong>ly and quite obviously <strong>in</strong> the zones of extraction. As<br />

shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.4, there was a steady <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the number of violent deaths<br />

recorded between 2006 and 2009, after which there was a sharp drop from 722 to<br />

70 deaths. The trend picked up aga<strong>in</strong> from 2012 to 2013 but witnessed another<br />

sharp drop to only one death related to oil production <strong>in</strong> 2014. Generally, oil production<br />

has led to far fewer fatalities than oil distribution.

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