Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Nigerians tell their stories of banditry. ‘A month will not go by without someone being killed in this village.’

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Oludayo Tade, Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan

Banditry is widespread in Nigeria. It has been defined as “a loose collection of various criminal groups involved in kidnap-for-ransom, armed robbery, cattle rustling, rape and sexual violence, pillage and attacks on traders, farmers and travellers, particularly in Nigeria’s northwest region”.

This criminal activity has caused deaths, displacement, destruction of property and widespread fear. In…

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