Lagos, Anambra among top robbery spots in Nigeria – report

Lagos, Anambra among top robbery spots in Nigeria – report

Going by the number of armed robbery cases reported to the police in five years, Lagos, Anambra and Abia are the top three armed robbery flashpoints in Nigeria.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that a total of 12,026 armed robbery cases were reported to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) between 2007 and 2011.

The NBS 2012 Annual Abstract of Statistics released recently indicated that the report was sourced from the NPF.

An analysis of the report showed that a total of 2,506 armed robbery cases were reported to the police in 2007,  with the number declining to 2,393 in 2008.

In 2009, 2,147 of such cases got to the police but the downward trend of armed robbery cases was reversed in 2010 as the cases reported to the police increased to 2,279.

The total annual armed robbery cases skyrocketed in 2011, totalling 2,701,  more than the number recorded in 2007.

Further analysis revealed that Lagos recorded the highest number of cases within the period, totalling 742 cases.

Anambra and Abia trailed behind Lagos with 549 and 544 cases, respectively. The reported armed robbery cases in Lagos, Anambra and Abia were more than the total number recorded in the six states of the North-central  or  the North-east states. 

While the reported cases in Lagos, Anambra and Abia totalled 1,835, North-central states recorded 1,399 and North-east states recorded 1,349 cases within the period.