Nigeria is now the third most terrorised country in the world according to the newly released 2018 Global Terrorism Index.
In the report, Nigeria was placed after war-torn countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and ahead of Syria and Pakistan.
The report also showed that there is a drop in the number of deaths linked to terrorism. The report said, “Total deaths from terrorism in Nigeria fell to 1,532 in 2017, a drop of 16% from the previous year.”
The 2018 report however continued to show a decline in terrorism, with deaths from terrorism falling for the third consecutive year, after peaking in 2014.
More so, while the Global Terrorism Index reported terrorism to be on the decline in Nigeria, it however said it is now widespread in the country, with some state badly affected.
