Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from September 9 to September 15, 2017. This update also represents violence related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. These incidents will be included in the Nigeria Security Tracker.
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- September 10: Gunmen abducted seven in Akoko North-East, Ondo.
- September 10: Soldiers clashed with supporters of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, around Kanu's residence Umuahia, Abia, resulting in numerous injuries.
- September 10: Nigerian troops killed "many" (est. at ten) Boko Haram militants in Bama, Borno.
- September 11: Nigerian soldiers killed five suspects in the Plateau violence last week and lost one of their own in Bassa, Plateau.
- September 11: Soldiers killed seven IPOB members in Isiala Ngwa South, Abia.
- September 12: IPOB members, Hausa, and soldiers clashed in Oyigbo, Rivers. There were no casualties.
- September 12: Fifty soldiers invaded the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Umuahia, Abia and beat up a number of journalists.
- September 13: A suicide bomber killed herself and five others at a mosque in Kolofata, Cameroon. Boko Haram was suspected.
- September 13: A gunman killed three in Oturkpo, Benue.
- September 14: Reprisal violence in Oturkpo, Benue resulted in three more deaths.
- September 14: A clash between soldiers and IPOB members led to two deaths in Jos South, Plateau.
- September 14: Soldiers invaded IPOB leader Kanu's house, killing eighteen in Umuahia, Abia.
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