RipplesMetrics,,Nigeria’s security crisis: 824 killed by security forces, 242 police officers slain by non-state actors
An analysis from Police Fatality Tracker (2023–2025) and Security Force Brutality Report (2020–2025), curated by SBM Intelligence, has shown a deepening crisis within Nigeria’s security framework. Between October 2020 and July 2025, Nigeria’s security agents were responsible for 598 incidents of violence against civilians, resulting in 824 fatalities. Simultaneously, from 2023 to 2025, police officers…