Data obtained has showed that at least 98 police officers perished in various circumstances across 21 states from January to October 2026.
Data were collected from press stories verified by police agencies, reported Daily Trust.
The killings were the result of banditry, gunmen and terrorist assaults, as well as traffic accidents and shootings by fellow police personnel.
Yobe had the largest number of casualties with 17 officers slain, followed by Zamfara and Kebbi states with 14 apiece.
Katsina recorded five deaths while Borno and Taraba recorded four fatality each.
Rivers, Sokoto, Plateau, Enugu, Lagos and Imo recorded three deaths apiece.
Oyo, Anambra, Abia, Kaduna and Kogi suffered two deaths apiece while Adamawa, Kano and Niger recorded one fatality each.
The results stated that 35 persons were killed by bandits, 29 by gunmen and 22 by Boko Haram militants. Lakurawa terrorists murder two officers.
Other deaths included three cops shot by fellow police officers, four slain in road incidents involving accidents and hit and run drivers, one killed by kidnappers, one by hoodlums and another by thugs.
Some of the deadliest attacks were recorded in Kebbi State where 10 policemen were murdered in a gun duel with bandits at Rafin Makuku axis of Sakaba Local Government Area on August 10.
The incident occurred at about 9:25 am on Monday, August 10, 2026, when police operatives intercepted the suspected bandits who were moving between Zamfara and Kebbi States, police authorities claimed.
Police claimed 17 suspected bandits were neutralised in the incident, adding that four motorcycles connected to the assailants were destroyed.
In Yobe, 17 officers died in an attack on the Nigerian Army Special Forces School in Buni Yadi on May 16.
In a statement, police spokesman DCP Anthony Okon Placid claimed militants attacked the institution in an organised fashion from several directions and killed the cops undergoing specialist operational training there.
He added numerous soldiers were also slain but gave no figure for deaths within the military.
Benue has recorded multiple incidents including the killing of four policemen during a gun duel with gunmen at Ayilamo hamlet in Logo Local Government Area on September 10.
“The operatives stood firm in defence of the community and successfully repelled the attack forcing the criminal elements to retreat into the surrounding forest with heavy casualties in the early hours of 11th September 2026,” Benue State Police Command stated in a statement.
The Command listed the names of the deceased officers as Paul Ina, Mohammed Yusuf, Oge Ikechukwu and Edeh Andrew.
Search and rescue activities were on and their bodies were found in bushes nearby, police added.
Seven bystanders also were killed. The command said their bodies were retrieved after the incident and taken to a mortuary.
Inspector Sani Malumfashi was allegedly shot dead by a colleague officer at Intels, Onne in Rivers State in January.
In October, Corporal Amos Yusuf allegedly shot and killed his comrade, Corporal Grace Onimisi, in their apartment in Asco Camp, Ajaokuta, Kogi State, before killing himself.
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