149 women killed in Nigeria in 2024 – Amnesty

Amnesty International Nigeria Supporters Group in Osun State said on Saturday 149 women were killed in the country last year.

The group’s Coordinator in the state, Joshua Oyebode, stated this during a street awareness walk organised put together to mark this year’s International Women’s Day in Osogbo.

He decried violence against women in the country and charged governments at all levels to address it.

Oyebode said: “This year, Amnesty International deems it fit to raise awareness about femicide in Nigeria. We are trying to create awareness about this social menace.

“For instance, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, 140 women and girls are killed daily globally, and in Nigeria, about 149 women were killed in 2024 due to femicide.

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“So, what we are doing today is to build the consciousness of the people on the street about what femicide is and their individual and collective role in tackling the menace of femicide.

“But we have to look beyond the laws themselves. We have to look at the implementation of this law. Admittedly, Nigeria has had an age-long problem of implementation of laws. So, we have to look inward to the existing laws we have to make sure they are more effective in implemention.”

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