There was a total of 9,831 drug cases in Nigeria in 2018, scattered all over the geo-political zones with the most cases reported in the North-Western part with over 2,800 cases. The other zones averaged a total of over 1,100 cases in that year. In 2019, those numbers skyrocketed in all zones to reach more than half a million cases in the North-Central zone, over 44,000 cases in the South-West and about 12,000 both in the North-West and the South-East. In that year, the least cases were reported in the North-East zone with about 4,500 drug scenes. Shockingly, the total number of drug cases in 2019 proved to be more than 6,000 percent higher than in was in 2018.
Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone
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NBS (Nigeria). (August 31, 2020). Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/
NBS (Nigeria). "Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone." Chart. August 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/
NBS (Nigeria). (2020). Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/
NBS (Nigeria). "Number of Drug Cases Zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by Zone." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/
NBS (Nigeria), Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Number of drug cases zones in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019, by zone [Graph], NBS (Nigeria), August 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220235/number-of-drug-cases-by-geo-political-zones-in-nigeria/
