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University of Technology Akure was Jan-Jun 2015 Jul-Dec 2014 murdered after a week-long abduction. Worse Jan-Jun 2014 Jul-Dec 2013 Other incidents related to sexual violence Jan-Jun 2013 Jul-Dec 2012 and criminality. Jan-Jun 2012

In 2014, crimes with suspected political motives also occurred, including an attempted assassination of an Ondo

lawmaker, and the shooting of one person

at an Ondo APC meeting in January. Other Better reported issues included several murders,

Akure N/S Ondo E/W Ese-Odo and a peaceful protest by nurses over an alleged assault. In July 2014, a student was allegedly tortured and put into police custody for stealing a handset. He later died from his injuries. Four policemen were shot and killed in two separate incidents involving armed robbers.

FFP is committed to promoting One of the data sources utilized in The data used in this analysis was In June 2013, gang members freed an sustainable human security around the summary was derived from the pulled from the integrated digital estimated 175 prisoners and fatally shot the world, and is the International UNLocK network in Nigeria, a platform for multistakeholder two civilians in a prison break. That same Coordinating Partner on Partners partnership between The Fund for engagement developed by P4P, an week, Nigerian Immigration Services for Peace (P4P), an initiative Peace and the Institute of Human initiative supported by Partnership arrested and deported 147 allegedly illegal supported by PIND. FFP has been Rights and Humanitarian Law Initiatives for the immigrants from Niger and Chad. State working with local civil society in (IHRHL). (PIND). For a deeper understanding Comptroller Mr. Sola Sessi stated that the Nigeria to develop the UNLocK of the conflict risk factors, visit presence of those immigrants in Ondo network since 2010. www.p4p-nigerdelta.org. presented a threat to state security and said similar operations would continue. In the second half of 2013, students at the Federal Disclaimer The content of this report represents a summary of the incidents reported in the data, University of Technology Akure staged at not the opinions of the organizations that collaborated on the compilation of this information. least two protests. One protest was in

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Idanre (Ondo Central Sen. District) (Ondo South Sen. District) response to the alleged rape of three Key LGA Risk Factors Key LGA Risk Factors female students. The other demonstration > Political Tensions > Political Tensions was in protest of a lecturers’ strike. > Criminality > Criminality/Domestic Violence

Between March and May of 2012, eight In January of 2015, policemen killed four In the first half of 2015, a 40-year-old man prominent people were reportedly armed robbers who were reported to have was found to have been abused and kidnapped for ransom in Akure, including killed policemen in the previous year. In murdered, and in April, voters were family members of politicians and April of 2015, “political thugs” were reported intimidated and harassed by political thugs, government officials, a journalist, and a to have forcefully taken over polling booths who also stormed the house of a prominent businessman. 2012 violence sometimes had during elections. local politician during the State Assembly a political dimension in the context of a elections. hotly contested gubernatorial election in Violence reported in 2013 and 2014 mainly October. Both the Action Congress of related to interpersonal conflict issues and From 2012-2014, incidents mainly had to do Nigeria (ACN) and the PDP filed appeals criminality. with interpersonal, criminal, and domestic contesting the outcome, however the conflict issues. Although in 2012 there was Supreme Court ruled that the election was In October 2012, in the context of a hotly a murder of the owner of a cocoa farm, in valid. Gang violence in Akure increased contested gubernatorial election, there was an incident suspected to be related to land around the time of the election and a report of political intimidation by “thugs” competition. continued throughout 2013. The Ade Basket who chased away voters. Boys were reportedly among the more active gangs in Akure and are believed to have been involved in riots leading up to the election as well as various criminal activities including armed robbery.

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Okitipupa /West Other LGAs (Ondo South Sen. District) (Ondo Central Sen. District)

Key LGA Risk Factors Key LGA Risk Factors Key LGA Risk Factors > Political Tensions > Cult Violence > Political Tensions > Domestic and Interpersonal Violence > Criminality/Domestic Violence > Cult Violence > Piracy In April of 2015, political violence was In the first two months of 2015, in addition > Intra-Communal Violence reported involving “political thugs” during to the murder of a commercial motorcyclist, the State Assembly elections. one man was shot in a clash between rival In the first half of 2015, over a dozen were cult groups. reportedly killed in a bank robbery in Akoko From 2012-2014, incidents mainly had to do North West and in Owo LGA. In the April, with interpersonal, criminal, and domestic Two peaceful protests occurred in 2014, one State Assembly election, political violence violence. Although there was one incident by electrical workers over reported non- was reported in Ese-Odo, , and Ilaje in October 2014, when several people were payment of salaries and another by the LGAs, including shootings, stealing ballot shot by security forces for not complying Nigerian Union of Teachers over the Boko boxes, and attacks on prominent politicians. during the monthly environmental Haram insurgency in the North. In May, a Cult killings took place in Ese-Odo, as well as sanitation exercise and resisting arrest. woman suspected of trying to kidnap a child the killing of over a dozen suspected pirates was lynched by a mob. A member of the in a clash with soldiers in March in Ilaje. In National Union of Road Transport Workers June of 2015, six people were murdered in a was killed in July. At least two cult clashes clash between two prominent families over resulting in fatalities were reported during the abduction of an errand boy in Ese-Odo. the year.

In 2013 the son of a union leader was reportedly killed. No motive was immediately established for the killing.

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