THE police in Kebbi State have said that the vehicle used in the abduction of students from the Federal Government Girls College, Yauri, was snatched from a high court judge.
Spokesperson for the Kebbi State Police Command Nafiu Abubakar disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Abubakar dispelled reports that the terrorists used a police van for the abduction of over 30 students of the school on Thursday.
“Similarly, the white Hilux van with registration No. KBSJ 29, belonging to a high court judge, with inscription of Kebbi State Judiciary, hijacked by the bandits along Birnin Yauri road, was the one used in perpetrating such dastardly act and not the police vehicle as stated by some media stations,” Abubakar said.
He added that although a yet-to-be-ascertained number of students were missing, about 50 of them were abducted during the attack.
The ICIR had reported that terrorists abducted students and teachers, and killed one policeman, when they stormed the school with motorcycles from the neighbouring Rijau forest.
The attackers were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school, killing one before gaining entrance into the compound.
A self-acclaimed Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has issued yet another quit notice to all Fulanis resident in the South-West
“We want all Fulani on Yoruba land to leave. I, myself, will monitor compliance to the eviction notice,” he said, in an interview anchored by his spokesperson Oluyomi Koiki on Wednesday.
“I don’t issue an order without ensuring compliance. As from Monday, we don’t want to hear of any kidnapping in Yorubaland again. I will show them the stuff Yoruba people are made of.”
He said that President Muhammadu Buhari should be worried that his people were not willing to leave the South-West, noting that he would personally lead the effort to comb the forests and evict herdsmen from the the region.
“Tell President Buhari, if he does not understand Yoruba, tell him in English Language that we do not want bandits in our zone again. Work has begun already and as from Monday, I will begin combing all forests in Yoruba land.
“How can six million people be commanding about 250 million other Nigerians? Marriage is not by force. We cannot live with you again. Yoruba nation is a vehicle of salvation and I want all Yoruba to board the vehicle and have their seats.
“There is no going back on the agitation for the Yoruba nation. How can we go back when we are almost at our destination? Those who have not joined us should do so now because there’s no election coming in 2023. Yoruba will go.”
This fresh order is coming after some suspected herdsmen invaded Igangan in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State where persons were killed and houses, burnt.
Igboho, an Oyo indigene, has been in the news in recent times after he issued a one-week quit notice to Fulani herdsmen residing in Ibarapa area of Oyo State in January over the spate of kidnappings and killings attributed to herdsmen in the area.
When his two-week ultimatum expired, he led some youths to Fulani herdsmen in the area where property worth millions of naira belonging to Fulani herdsmen was burnt and destroyed.
In February, he also led some youths to Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State where herdsmen were said to be terrorising farmers and residents.
A Fulani settlement in the Igua area of the local government was reportedly set on fire by some of the youth after Igboho’s visit to the community.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, announced that it would begin online voter registration through its registration portal on June 28.
INEC National Commissioner in charge of information and voter education Festus Okoye made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja.
“The INEC Voter Registration Portal will be deployed to enable people register online and thereafter go to their respective states or local government offices of the commission to capture their biometrics and facials,” he said.
Okoye stated that citizens who would rather transfer their registration to a different location could do that through the online portal.
“Those that have prior issues of accreditation and with damaged or defaced PVCs can also use the online portal to rectify the challenge,’’ the commissioner explained.
He disclosed that INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu will announce the commencement of physical registration after consultations with critical stakeholders.
While appealing to stakeholders to increase their voter education programmes, Okoye called on media and civil society organisations to assist in educating Nigerians on the importance of voter registration.
During the last voter registration exercise, a total of 84.004 million Nigerians registered while 72.755 million collected their permanent voters’ card (PVC), according to data obtained from the commission.
The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) programme was temporarily suspended on August 31, 2018 due to preparations for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
A Europe-based academic from Imo State, South-East Nigeria, Kenneth Amaeshi, has been named professor of sustainable finance and governance at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. He is the first black African professor at the university established in 1972.
Commenting on Amaeshi’s appointment, Director School of Transnational Governance at EUI and former Prime Minister of Finland Alex Stubb said: “We are excited that Professor Amaeshi has accepted to join us after a very competitive recruitment process. He brings an invaluable wealth of experience and timely knowledge of the global south.”
Amaeshi, who joined the University of Edinburgh in 2010, is the director of Scaling Business in Africa (SBIA), an interdisciplinary impact consortium made up of researchers and industry practitioners working to inform the scaling of Africa’s private sector for progressive and sustainable development through high-quality research, teaching, and engagement.
SBIA, which is based within the University of Edinburgh Business School and has members across and beyond the university, particularly aims to advance current understanding of the business-society interface in Africa, and equip business leaders and entrepreneurs with the requisite skills to contribute to positive social change.
Amaeshi will also oversee research and pedagogy on global south governance in the light of the EUI’s repositioning after the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
His research interest currently focuses on sector-level policies for sustainability and sustainability strategy in organisations.
He has an expert level knowledge of developing and emerging economies and an extensive network in Africa and leads executive capacity-building engagements and consultancy projects in the broad areas of sustainable finance, sustainability strategy, leadership, ethics, and governance.
Amaeshi obtained his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Uyo, a master’s degree in industrial/organisational psychology from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a doctorate in international business and political economy from the University of Warwick, Business School, UK and has earned multiple academic degrees from several European universities.
Until recently, he was a Scholar in Residence at the National Pension Commission, Nigeria. He is currently a visiting professor of strategy and governance at the Lagos Business School, Nigeria.
NO fewer than three persons were confirmed dead while about 13 others sustained injuries when a gas-laden tanker exploded in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Thursday evening.
The explosion destroyed cars and other properties around the Ogun State Property Investment Corporation (OPIC) plaza, beside Sheraton Hotel.
Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in an interview on Channels Television on Friday.
Farinloye explained that a headcount was carried out after the incident to ascertain the whereabouts of everyone within the OPIC plaza at the time of the incident.
“Only one boy was claimed to be missing and unfortunately, we could not trace the boy yesterday night. Unfortunately, when we got there this morning, we saw three dead, including one Mr. Balogun who was the manager of the Chinese restaurant. He was recovered with two other personnel of the restaurant,” he said.
The NEMA spokesperson further disclosed that four women and nine men were injured in the explosion.
Twenty-five vehicles were destroyed in the incident.
Four out of the 13 injured persons were transferred to the Trauma and Brains Centre at Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos.
Farinloye added that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu visited the area with a team of policemen on Friday morning to restore normalcy.
However, the Lagos State Police Command could not confirm the actual number of casualties recorded in the explosion as of the time of filing this report.
Spokesperson for the command Olumuyiwa Adejobi told The ICIR that investigations into the incident were yet to be concluded.
“For now, we are at the scene already. The fire has been put out, normalcy has been restored. We are trying, with other security and safety agencies to access and investigate the fire incident. Now we have not confirmed any deaths, we are still on, so maybe after the assessment, we will address the press,” he said.
Owing to bad roads and poor safety standards, tanker explosions have become a common incidents in Nigeria.
In Ogun State on Wednesday, five people were burnt to death in a tanker explosion, leaving two others with various degrees of injuries.
It was reported that the explosion occurred when a petrol tanker fell while descending a sloppy part of the Owode-Idiroko Road.
TEMITOPE Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet T. B. Joshua, is dead, but his impacts reverberate across Africa and the world.
A televangelist, Joshua rose from grass to grace and towered over many of his peers in influence, power and wealth.
Denounced by most of his contemporaries in Nigeria and the two Christian bodies in the country – the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) – Joshua was desired in many nations of the world.
His Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), located at Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos State, blossomed and attracted the world to Nigeria.
SCOAN became a centre of religious tourism for people across the globe, with many seeking healing and other miracles. Unofficial sources say the church attracts two million guests each year.
The 57-year-old was among the most sought-after preachers in his lifetime, drawing most of his followers and church members from Latin America, Europe and Africa.
He hosted presidents, the rich and the poor worldwide, and made tremendous impacts on sports development. He indiscriminately supported the down-trodden, helped nations in distressand brokered peace across countries.
His birth and death
Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)
The late pastor was born on June 12, 1963, at Arigidi, Ondo State. “T.B. Joshua’s journey is a humbling story of how God raised a young man from a poverty-stricken home to lead an international ministry that would attract thousands worldwide to witness the reality of God’s power,” a statement on his church’s website says.
After dropping out of secondary school in his first year, he worked in a poultry farm before starting his ministry with eight members in 1987.
Joshua became a household name in the ‘90s and early part of this century as a televangelist. His ministrations witnessed great miracles.
Peeved by preachers’ competition for miracles on national TVs, the Nigerian government banned miracle services on terrestrial television services in 2004.
Following the ban, Joshua set up the Emmanuel TV as satellite television – an initiative that launched him into global fame.
His ministry grew by leaps and bounds as his prosperity soared.
Joshua’s influence on Africa politics
Tanzania
The late pastor visited Tanzania and mediated in the nation’s political impasse shortly after the country’s presidential poll in 2015.
Late President John Magufuli, who won the 2015 presidential election on his Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, was a close friend of Joshua.
Magufuli had confessed that the Nigerian pastor influenced him to contest for his country’s highest office.
He had visited and worshipped at Joshua’s church in Lagos in 2011.
T. B. Joshua with president Mugufuli in Tanzania and other opposition leaders in the country
Magufuli’s rival Edward Lowassa, who flew his Chadema’s party against Magufuli, was at SCOAN in 2012.
Similarly, Tanzania’s current Minister of Finance Mwigulu Nchemba visited Joshua’s church in December 2014 when he was a deputy minister of finance.
While in Tanzania during the stalemate, Joshua encouraged Lowassa to support Magufuli’s government and re-contest in the future election on CCM’s platform.
The late pastor also met the outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete and prominent leaders in the country.
Joshua’s mediation reduced tension and helped in restoring peace in Tanzania.
Lowassa was back at the CCM in 2019, and Magufuli had another rival when he sought re-election for a second term – Tundu Lissu of the opposition party.
Lissu managed to secure only 13 per cent of the votes.
Unfortunately, Muagufuli died on March 17 this year.
Another striking link between Joshua and Tanzania is that one of his daughters, Serah, married a Tanzanian Brian Moshi in May this year.
The wedding took place at a Catholic Church located at Unga Ltd in Arusha, and the couple tied the knot at SCOAN before proceeding to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Ghana
T.B. Joshua had an enduring relationship with the former Ghanian President Atta Mills.
Former Ghana’s President, Atta Mills
The late president visited the Synagogue Church on January 10, 2009 to testify to how Joshua’s prophecy brought him to power.
Mills was reportedly coming to meet Joshua in his Lagos church before he suddenly died.
He was elected President of Ghana and died on July 12, 2012.
Mills contested for his country’s presidency on the platform of the National Democratic Congress and won 50.23 per cent of the vote, against 49.77 per cent for his rival Nana Akufo-Addo, who sought the office through the New Patriotic Party.
Ghanaians went to the polls on December 7, 2008, but the election provided no winner.
Following a runoff on December 28, Atta Mills was declared winner.
A lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Michael Kweku wrote in his article titled, “Scrambling for the Centre: Ghana’s New Churches as an Alternative Ideology and Power,” and published by MDPI, a Switzerland-based platform for promoting science, that Joshua was among the pastors who have great influence on Ghanaian politics.
He said: “Ghanaian presidents’ flirting with Pentecostal–charismatic pastors caused a tidal wave during the regime of the late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills, a Methodist by Christian affiliation, who became enamoured with Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua of Nigeria, popularly called T.B. Joshua.
Prophet T. B. Joshua
“The media in Ghana reels with anecdotes on President Atta Mills’ relationship with T.B. Joshua, who is said to have been the personal pastor–physician of the President and had unrestrained access to the seat of government, Christianborg Castle, whenever he wished. President Atta Mills is claimed to have testified that T. B. Joshua prophesied his ascent to the presidency (The PM News, Nigeria 2009). The President is also said to have paid several visits to the prophet’s church in Lagos, in search for a cure to his ailment.
“ In short, his relationship with T.B. Joshua generated a lot of media discussion in the Ghanaian public sphere, meeting with consternation in large segments of Ghanaian society. His critics felt that the President should have concentrated on exhibiting strong leadership and fixing the problems of the nation rather than trotting to pastors. Despite Ghana’s characteristically huge religious public, the ambivalence of President Atta Mills’ public display of religiosity and acquiescing to pastors met with disquiet. Indeed, public reaction to such attitudes is becoming increasingly so, especially when pastors pontificate on aspects of life which experts question.”
Malawi
In Malawi, Joshua is believed to have influenced the emergence of former president Joyce Banda after he predicted the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Mutharika led Malawi between May 2004 and April 2012 when he died of cardiac arrest.
His deputy Joyce Banda was sworn in his place on April 8.
Banda was a member of Joshua’s church..
Bingu wa Mutharika
Mutharika picked Banda as running mate in the 2009 presidential election, which he won.
Banda had been the minister of foreign affairs during Mutharika’s first term from 2006 to 2009 and the vice-president of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012.
Mutharika’s brother Peter contested and defeated the incumbent President Banda in the 2014 presidential election, putting an end to Banda’s two-year reign.
The impact of T.B Joshua was so much in the country that the nation included the probe of his prophecy in the cause of late Mutharika’s death.
Liberia
Ex-Liberian warlord and candidate in the October 10 presidential election Yormie Johnson backed George Weah preparatory to the presidential runoff election on November 7, 2017.
Johnson came third at the poll and should have faced Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai, who came second.
Pastor Joshua played a key role in uniting the Weah and John to face Boakai, who would be the only major opposition at the poll.
Sierra Leoneans were shocked to see Weah and Johnson at Joshua’s church in Lagos days before the election.
Weah, a senator, went on to win the election on December 28, 2017, taking over from Ellen Sirleaf, Nobel Laureate winner.
South Sudan
Joshua received a rousing welcome in South Sudan when he visited the troubled country in November 2019.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on July 9 2011, following a 2005 agreement that ended war in the region.
The country’s President SalvaKiir Mayardit received the Nigerian pastor.
Joshua expressed shock that the situation in the country was so bad that no insurance company was ready to cover flights going into South Sudan, a development he said would affect investments.
“When I was preparing to come to South Sudan, my operator could not find an international insurance company to cover our trip to South Sudan – because of the situation of the nation. The operator recommended that the plane should be parked in Ethiopia or Kenya. I said why? They said because of the situation of the nation.
“And this is a country endowed with enormous natural resources. How many investors or tourists would want to go through this?,” he said.
He said he was not in the country to preach but to deliver God’s message of peace and a new beginning to the people.
He led the country in rounds of prayers and prophesied peace to their land.
South Sudan eventually got a unity government in February 2020, ending the country’s political stalemate. However, the country has faced numerous challenges thereafter.
The US 2016 presidential election
T. B. Joshua had, in 2016, predicted that the wife of former president and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 US presidential election. But the prophecy did not come to pass.
“Ten days ago, I saw the new President of America with a narrow win.
“The new President will be facing several challenges over many issues, including: passing bills, attempts to possibly pass a vote of no confidence on the new President. The boat of the new President will be rocked.
“By the way, in order not to keep you in suspense, what I frankly saw is a woman,” Joshua had said on his church’s Facebook page.
But Clinton’s rival and Democratic candidate Donald Trump won the election. Joshua said it would take supernatural understanding to comprehend his message.
He went on to delete the prophecy.
Collapsed building and bribery of journalists
On September 12 2014, a guest house at T.B. Joshua’s synagogue collapsed, killing 115 persons, 84 of whom were South Africans. The incident attracted global attention. South Africans were peeved at Joshua and wondered why justice was being delayed. Lagos State government led by Babatunde Fashola accused Joshua and his church of not getting the necessary permit before constructing the guest house. The case is still at Lagos High Court.
T.B. Joshua and his church linked the collapse to a small plane circling over the church guesthouse, but many saw that as a cock and bull story. Days after, Nicholas Ibekwe of Premium Times released an audio alleging that T.B. Joshua bribed journalists to write stories in his favour and to twist the truth.
There were also several allegations against Joshua while alive. A lady accused Joshua of rape.
One Head Pastor of Awakeners Chapel International Peter Kayode Falarungbon accused him of taking his wife. Joshua’s church often linked his prophecy to most of the world’s events -whether true or otherwise.
GOVERNOR of Imo State Hope Uzodinma has said that Igbo people do not want to secede from Nigeria , but only desire a constitution that will work for them.
“We want a constitution that works for us, that accommodates us as equal citizens, that guarantees us justice, equity and fair play, a constitution that makes us proud to be Nigerians,” Uzodinma said before the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Amendment in Owerri on Wednesday.
“Broadly speaking, our people want a constitution that devolves more power to the federating units, that gives vent to restructuring, that allows for greater autonomy without losing the essence of the federation. In whatever name that it is called, we need a constitution that will make us stay together as one country comfortably,” he said.
The governor noted that Nigerians everywhere wanted a country that would accommodate their legitimate desires without compromising the rights of others. He was hopeful that the ongoing constitutional review would address the fears and expectations of all Nigerians.
He said the leadership of the South-East had reiterated the region’s allegiance to the Nigerian state during a meeting last week with the delegation of the Federal Government led by Nigerian Minister of Defence Bashir Salihi Magashi.
He noted that the meeting reaffirmed that the region longed for an equitable country where youths would not get conflicting signals of being second-class citizens irrespective of where they were from as Nigerians.
“For us in the South-East, we have made it abundantly clear that we believe in a united Nigeria that works for the benefit of all. Last week, when the leaders of the South East met with the presidential delegation led by the Hon Minister of Defence, we reiterated our stand that we do not support secession. We also reaffirmed our quest for an equitable country where our youths do not get conflicting signals of being second-class citizens.
“Fortunately, we are in a democracy where questions of doubt are resolved through dialogue and robust debate and not through violence or insurrection. That is why this public hearing is most auspicious for the people of the South-East.
“I am sure that Ohanaeze Ndigbo on behalf of Igbos would canvass our position before you. I am also sure that various interest groups would also canvass their various positions. That is the beauty of democracy. Plurality of ideas distilled in a democratic ambient makes for a strong government.”
Uzodinma also noted that the worries and the ongoing tension in the South-East would be put to rest if a sixth state was created from the region.
“But I think that Ndigbo will begin to see equity in action when an amended constitution of the Federal Republic gives birth to a sixth state for them. This will go a long way to assuaging their present worries.
“Put succinctly, our people want a constitutional guarantee of their inalienable rights as citizens, and that must include a palpable sense of justice, equity and fairness. I dare say that a sixth state will go a long way in this regard.”
He called on all Nigerians to take advantage of the constitutional review to express their misgivings so that the nation could make progress.
TERRORISTS abducted about 30 students and teachers and killed one policeman during an attack on the Federal Government Girls College, Yauri, in Kebbi State.
A report said the terrorists stormed the school on Thursday morning with motorcycles from the neighbouring Rijau forest.
The attackers were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school, killing one before gaining entrance into the compound.
Spokesperson of the Kebbi State Police Command Nafiu Abubakar confirmed the incident in an interview with The ICIR.
According to Abubakar, three teachers and a yet-to-be-ascertained number of students are still missing.
The bandits shot one of the students during the attack, according to Abubakar, who added the police had launched a manhunt for the criminals.
“The team comprising operatives from the Police Mobile Force, anti-kidnapping and counter-terrorism units are currently combing nearby forests, routes and suspected hideouts of the criminals,” Abubakar said in a statement concerning the attack.
He stated that Kebbi State Commissioner of Police Adeleke Adeyinka had condemned the attack and assured parents and guardians that the command was following credible leads and intensifying efforts to track the assailants to ensure the rescue of the missing students and teachers.
Abubakar said the commissioner had also appealed to the residents of Kebbi State to assist the police with prompt information that would aid in solving the crime and apprehending the criminals.
The incident is coming on the same day President Muhammadu Buhari assured the Nigerian military that he was committed to ending insecurity and all forms of criminality in the country.
Buhari had, on many occasions, restated his commitment to ending insurgency and other criminal activities in Nigeria but he is yet to deliver on the promise in his six years in office.
Two days ago, some terrorists in Niger State demanded N150 million from parents of 136 students kidnapped from Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School, Tegina.
Schools in the northern part of Nigeria are being targeted by terrorists and bandits in recent times.
HUMAN rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has described the #ENDSARS movement and its resulting losses as products of failure of the Nigerian government to hold the police accountable for extra-judicial killings of citizens by the security institution.
During an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, Effiong described the Minister for Information and Culture Lai Mohammed as an entertainer, over his comment that Twitter boss Jack Dorsey was responsible for losses incurred during the #ENDSARS protests in Nigeria.
“At the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry alone, it has been confirmed that not less than 99 persons were extra-judicially killed during that protest. Is he telling me that it is Jack that caused the killing of those persons? I do not understand what he means by vicarious liability or how Twitter contributed to what took place,” he said.
Describing social media as a veritable tool for civic engagement, Effiong stated that the minister’s statements were an attempt to distract Nigerians from the embarrassing failure of Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari to address critical issues plaguing the country.
The lawyer stated that the Twitter suspension was not a regulatory act, but a result of an intolerant regime committed to shrinking the democratic space in Nigeria.
Refuting arguments that Buhari’s tweet was taken out of context, Effiong said that the president was quite direct in his threat to the Igbos.
“He didn’t say he was referring to the armed groups. He said they have businesses all over the country. Is it IPOB that has businesses all over the country? They don’t! Buhari was referring to the Igbos. We can admit it, we can pretend about it, his body language has been clear,” he said.
Recall that a few days ago, Effiong had sued Mohammed along with the Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami and the Federal Government for suspending the operation of the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
NIGERIA’S President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his government’s commitment to ending insurgency and other criminal activities in the country.
The president said this on Thursday while addressing troops of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State.
“We should not allow our adversaries the opportunity or breathing space to challenge or undermine our national interests and core values. The defense and security agencies should rest assured of the Federal Government’s unalloyed commitment to winning the battle against terror and criminality,” Buhari said.
He noted that the nation owed a debt of gratitude to military personnel and security agencies currently tackling security challenges across the country, particularly those who had paid the supreme price.
Buhari said he was satisfied with the ‘increased cooperation’ within the military, noting that the Nigerian Armed Forces had been provided with ‘a firm strategy’ under his watch.
“Under my watch, the Armed Forces of Nigeria have been provided a firm strategy and clear sense of direction to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.
“Your collective efforts have resulted in the relative peace being enjoyed in the region today,” Buhari said.
The president assured the military officers that his administration was developing a strategy for post-war reconstruction and peace-building in the North-East.
He further stated that he hoped that displaced persons would be speedily resettled and normalcy restored in crisis-ridden communities.
The president said several interventions by the Nigerian government had led to the procurement and delivery of large consignments of critical combat enablers, including high calibre weapons and ammunition.
“Many have been injected into the theatre and soon other equipment that have just arrived in the country would also be deployed to the theatre of operations. Much more equipment will be procured for the armed forces to cater for both the short and long-term requirements,” Buhari further said.
The ICIR reported how Nigeria had continued to experience a high level of insecurity despite increased military spending.
Despite about N5 trillion spent on security since Buhari assumed office in 2015, Nigeria has recorded no fewer than 7,630 attacks, which resulted in the killing of at least 13,608 civilians.
