Researchers from the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) have reported over 55,910 civilian deaths in Nigeria during a comprehensive four-year study from October 2019 to September 2023.
Operating under the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation, ORFA is committed to monitoring religious freedoms and documenting rights violations across Nigeria.
Their research highlights escalating violence, particularly in the North Central Zone and Southern Kaduna, where widespread mass killings, abductions, and family torture are reported with minimal intervention from security forces.
The findings, disclosed in a press release issued on Thursday by Frans Vierhout, Data Scientist at ORFA, identify the Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM) as a key perpetrator of violence in Nigeria.
