Nigeria
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Casualties[1] |
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All known casualties for all time through 2017 |
895 mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties* |
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Casualties in 2017 |
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Annual total |
235 |
Increase from 149 in 2016 |
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Survival outcome |
83 killed; 152 injured |
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Device type causing casualties |
220 improvised mine; 14 ERW; 1 undifferentiated mine/ERW |
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Civilian status |
76 civilian; 151 military; 8 unknown |
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Age and gender |
156 adults: |
26 children: |
53 #unknown |
Casualties in 2017–details
In 2017, 235 improvised mine casualties were recorded in the Federal Republic of Nigeria from data collected by Mines Advisory Group (MAG). Overall MAG research reported 439 casualties from 144 mine/ERW incidents for the period January 2016 through March 2018.[2] This new information on casualties in Nigeria recorded by MAG resulted in an improved understanding of the extent of casualties and the impact of improvised mines Nigeria.[3]
*Total casualties, details
The Monitor database includes 402 casualties between 2012 and 2017, with 158 people killed and 244 injured. This included 18 casualties from media reporting scanning for 2015 and the remainder was recorded by MAG, 149 casualties in 2016 and 235 casualties in 2017. In a compensation claim of 2012, another 493 survivors “pre-enumerated by the Ministry of Defence” were included as confirmed victims of mines/ERW for entitlements by the Economic Community of Western Africa States (ECOWAS) community court.[4]
[1] Unless otherwise indicated, casualty data for 2017 is based on Monitor analysis of data provided by email from Sebastian Kasack, Senior Community Liaison Advisor, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), 12 October 2018.
[2] MAG, “Landmines and the Crisis in Northeast Nigeria,” September 2018; and email from Sebastian Kasack, MAG, 12 October 2018.
[3] MAG, “Landmines and the Crisis in Northeast Nigeria,” September 2018; and “Boko Haram landmines in Nigeria killed at least 162 in two years – study,” The Guardian, 23 September 2018.
[4] “N88bn compensation to victims of Biafra war: Anambra, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ebonyi, Cross River, Abia, Enugu, Benue to benefit,” Vanguard, 31 October 2017; and “N88bn compensation: FG yet to pay us — Biafra war victims,” Vanguard, 8 January 2018.