Kidnappings: N2.3trn Paid As Ransom By Victims In Over 12 Months – NBS

Survivors and their families have paid about N2.3 trillion as ransom to criminals gangs over a 12-month period, according to a report shared by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.

According to the report between May 2023 to April 2024, 65 per cent of households impacted by kidnappings paid ransoms, averaging N2.67 million per incident. During this period, an estimated 51.9 million crime incidences were recorded nationwide.

Also highlighted in the report is the alarming increase are sexual crimes which is estimated to have impacted 1.4 million individuals.

A further breakdown of the document showed that the North-West accounted for the highest crime incidence at 14.4 million cases, followed by the North-Central (8.8 million).

The South-East reported the lowest number, with 6.2 million cases. Notably, rural areas experienced higher crime rates, with 26.5 million incidents compared to 25.4 million in urban areas.

Home robberies affected over 4.1 million households, however, only 36.3 per cent of victims reported these incidents to the police. The report attributed the low reporting rates traceable to a lack of trust in security and their professionalism.

At the individual level, 21.4 per cent of Nigerians reported being victims of crime, with phone theft accounting for 13.8 per cent of incidents.

Among phone theft victims, 90 per cent reported to the police, but only half expressed satisfaction with police responses.

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