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Nigeria GBV Tracker
5 indexed fatal people · 2 indexed serious non-fatal events
Reviewed 11 October 2026 · coverage from 1 August 2026. This is an incomplete, nonprobability public-source register. It cannot estimate national incidence, prevalence or perpetrator distributions and must not be used to rank countries.
Fatal figures count people; serious non-fatal figures count distinct events. Research leads are excluded. August and September’s calendar periods have ended; this incomplete register remains open to late reports and corrections. October remains in progress.
Start with: Monthly evidence ledger → for the month-by-month picture, or Counted case index → to inspect individual indexed records. Uncounted research leads and corrections remain further down the page.
Monthly pages: August 2026 · September 2026 · October 2026
Monthly evidence ledger
| Month | Fatal people | Non-fatal events | Cumulative fatal people | Cumulative non-fatal events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Zero indexed means no qualifying dated record entered here, not zero violence. Incident/death dates determine the month; documented discovery can be an explicitly provisional proxy. Article, arrest and court dates alone never determine occurrence month.
Reported actor and victim gender
| Fatal allegation pairing | People; denominator 5 |
|---|---|
| Man alleged → woman | 3 |
| Woman alleged → man | 1 |
| Woman alleged → woman | 1 |
Non-fatal denominator: 2 events. Two events with reported male actors and female survivors; one girl and one adult woman.
These categories describe this register only. Unknowns remain in the denominator. An allegation, charge or police attribution is not a finding of guilt.
Counted case index
| Stable case ID · open history | Person or safe identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| NG-GBV-2026-001 | Innocent Nwaoji | Fatal person |
| NG-GBV-2026-002 | Odukoya Adenike | Fatal person |
| NG-NF-2026-001 | Bauchi child · identity withheld | Distinct non-fatal event |
| NG-NF-2026-002 | Ogun adult survivor · identity withheld | Distinct non-fatal event |
| NG-GBV-2026-003 | Toyin Edunjobi | Fatal person |
| NG-GBV-2026-004 | Kehinde Onizeokaraga | Fatal person |
| NG-GBV-2026-005 | Jamila Adamu | Fatal person |
0 source-linked research records remain outside the dated totals; they include undated, unclassified and out-of-coverage leads.
August 2026 · individual histories
Innocent Nwaoji · NG-GBV-2026-001
When: 8 August 2026 · Where: Obingwa, Abia · Record: Fatal — intimate partner · Victim/survivor gender: Man · Reported accused gender: Woman
Evidence: Reported; police statement quoted in press · Justice: Wife reportedly arrested; investigation ongoing when reported
PUNCH quoted Abia State Police spokesperson Maureen Chinaka as saying that Sara Innocent allegedly stabbed her husband, Innocent Nwaoji, on 8 August in Obingwa. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. Police reported her arrest and an ongoing investigation. The allegation establishes neither motive nor guilt; no subsequent charge or judgment was found in the material reviewed for this release.
What remains uncertain: The incident date comes from the police statement quoted by PUNCH. Do not confuse this August killing with another widely circulated Abia husband-killing reported in February 2026.
Sources: PUNCH, 12 Aug 2026; quotes Abia Police · Last checked: 12 September 2026
Odukoya Adenike · NG-GBV-2026-002
When: Body recovered by police on 31 August 2026; assault/death time not established · Where: Ibogun Akinode, Ogun · Record: Fatal — intimate partner · Victim/survivor gender: Woman · Reported accused gender: Man
Evidence: Reported; police sources quoted in press · Justice: Husband reportedly died in separate road accident; police investigation reported
The Guardian reported that Adenike died after an alleged assault during an argument with her husband, Odukoya Bidemi, in Ibogun Akinode. The case was reported to police at around 2 a.m. on 31 August. The paper said investigators later identified Bidemi as the person killed in a road accident while reportedly fleeing. His road-accident death is a separate event and is not added to this GBV fatality count.
What remains uncertain: The paper does not establish the exact moment of injury or death. Its 3 and 4 September articles share a newsroom and should not be treated as two independent confirmations.
Sources: The Guardian, 4 Sep 2026; Ogun Police reports · The Guardian, 3 Sep 2026; earlier report from same newsroom · Last checked: 12 September 2026
Bauchi child · identity withheld · NG-NF-2026-001
When: Around 23–24 August 2026; date conflict in source · Where: Bauchi State · Record: Non-fatal — alleged child sexual violence · Victim/survivor gender: Girl · Reported accused gender: Man
Evidence: Reported; police statement quoted in press · Justice: Suspect reportedly arrested; investigation ongoing when reported
Channels Television reported that Bauchi Police arrested a 70-year-old man following an allegation of sexual violence against a child. The family reported the alleged incident to police on 26 August. Police said the child received medical care and that the matter remained under investigation. The survivor’s name and more precise location are withheld.
What remains uncertain: The story calls the alleged incident 'Sunday, August 24', but 24 August 2026 was a Monday. The exact day (23 or 24) needs clarification from police; either places the incident in August. The date remains provisional.
Sources: Channels Television, 30 Aug 2026; quotes Bauchi Police · Last checked: 12 September 2026
Ogun adult survivor · identity withheld · NG-NF-2026-002
When: 30 August 2026 · Where: Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun · Record: Non-fatal — alleged sexual violence · Victim/survivor gender: Woman · Reported accused gender: Men (two alleged)
Evidence: Reported; police statement quoted in press · Justice: One suspect reportedly arrested; second sought when reported
Ogun State Police, as quoted by PUNCH and The Guardian, said an adult woman reported an alleged sexual assault involving two men. The incident reportedly occurred on 30 August, was reported on 1 September, and one man was arrested while police sought a second. Both stories trace central details to the same police account, so the two links do not independently establish the allegation. The survivor’s identity is withheld.
What remains uncertain: Archive by reported incident date (August), not the September reporting date. Do not publish the home address or details that could identify the survivor.
Sources: PUNCH, 3 Sep 2026; quotes Ogun Police · The Guardian, 4 Sep 2026; Ogun Police reports · Last checked: 12 September 2026
September 2026 · individual histories
Toyin Edunjobi · NG-GBV-2026-003
When: 1 September 2026 · Where: Ogungbade Village, Ogun · Record: Fatal — intimate partner · Victim/survivor gender: Woman · Reported accused gender: Man
Evidence: Reported; police sources quoted in press · Justice: Husband reportedly arrested; investigation ongoing when reported
The Guardian reported that Edunjobi was found motionless at the couple’s home after her son raised an alarm on 1 September. Ogun police reportedly arrested her husband, Tajudeen Yekini, in connection with the death. Investigators had not made a public court finding in the source reviewed.
What remains uncertain: This is distinct from Odukoya Adenike’s death in Ogun on the previous day. A subsequent court outcome was not established by the reviewed source.
Sources: The Guardian, 4 Sep 2026; Ogun Police reports · Last checked: 12 September 2026
Kehinde Onizeokaraga · NG-GBV-2026-004
Date basis: 9 September 2026; Wednesday before the 11 September report · Unit: One fatal person
Reported actor: Man; husband alleged · Victim/survivor: Woman
PUNCH reported that an adult woman died in an alleged attack by her husband during attempted reconciliation in Ekiti on 9 September 2026. Police ordered an investigation. The husband was being sought when reported; no later custody or court outcome has been verified.
Evidence: Reported allegation; responsibility unadjudicated
Sources: PUNCH, 11 September · Reviewed: 11 October 2026.
Jamila Adamu · NG-GBV-2026-005
Date basis: 27 September 2026 · Unit: One fatal person
Reported actor: Woman; co-wife alleged · Victim/survivor: Woman
Bauchi police reported that an adult woman died following an alleged attack by a co-wife on 27 September. A woman was arrested and the inquiry transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department. The 2 October follow-up reports continuing police investigation, not a judgment.
Evidence: Reported allegation; responsibility unadjudicated
Both accounts follow the same police lineage; the later report is not independent corroboration.
Sources: PUNCH, 28 September · National Daily, 2 October · Reviewed: 11 October 2026.
Uncounted and undated research records
All records in this section are excluded from monthly and cumulative totals. A case-style ID does not imply that a record is counted.
Evidence and policy follow-up
Household relationship and gender must be recorded separately; a domestic setting does not imply one fixed actor–victim pairing.
These are documentation and follow-up recommendations grounded in the listed records, not a prevalence comparison or a finding of institutional failure.
Nigeria context and existing trackers
Nigeria already has important GBV documentation, including the FAME Foundation Femicide Tracker and DOHS Cares Femicide Observatory. TUBUO Writes should cite and reconcile their case-level evidence when available rather than presenting itself as the first tracker.
The Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency’s five-year figures cover September 2021–July 2026 and multiple service categories. They describe agency workload, have a different time period and unit, and cannot be added to the August–September 2026 case-linked register. The 2015 Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act supplies national legislative text, while UN Women discusses state implementation. Verify the applicable local law and remedies before making claims about any of the three states in these records.
Methodology and safeguards
Scope. 1 August 2026 onward; Nigeria cases with a reported GBV or intimate-partner context supported by attributable public evidence. Fatal register: distinct people killed. Non-fatal register: distinct serious incidents, never survivor headcounts unless the incident unit is independently documented. A homicide involving a woman is not automatically femicide. Where the gender-related element is uncertain, hold the lead outside the principal GBV count.
Evidence. All five initial records are labelled Reported, including press accounts that quote police; none is called judicially verified. Follow the source link on each record. Shared reporting based on one police statement is a single source lineage. Compare aliases, date, location, relationship and suspect before adding a new case. Use a stable Nigeria-prefixed ID; record date, evidence category, prosecution stage and material corrections. A credible later reclassification may decrease the total.
Privacy. Withhold all names, images, exact addresses and unnecessary medical details of children and sexual-violence survivors, even if another publisher disclosed them. No graphic images or unsupported suspect photographs. Suspect identities are not republished here for non-fatal sexual-violence incidents. Questions or corrections: use the TUBUO Writes evidence form. Do not submit confidential details through a public comment.
This is an incomplete, nonprobability public-source register. It cannot estimate national incidence, prevalence or perpetrator distributions and must not be used to rank countries.
Corrections and version history
Initial release · 12 September 2026: three fatal records and two non-fatal incident records; August and September archives reconcile with this overview. No earlier version of the Nigeria register exists. Material later changes to date, name, legal status, classification, duplicate status or monthly total will be logged here with the previous value, new value, reason, date and source.
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13 September 2026 · NG-GBV-2026-002: Date-basis clarified: August remains provisional by documented recovery date; August fatal 2→2 and cumulative fatal 3→3.
13 September 2026 · privacy review: Exact child and survivor ages and small-locality labels generalized; totals unchanged.
Publication correction · 11 October 2026
NG-GBV-2026-004–005: two September fatal people added; September fatal 1→3.
Cumulative since August: 3 fatal people / 2 non-fatal events → 5 fatal people / 2 non-fatal events. Sources and individual date decisions appear in the linked histories.
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November 2026 ledger: Open November 2026 records. The November register is open for verified additions; no incident should be inferred from the absence of indexed records.
