IPOB, Yoruba Nation constituted significant threats in southeast, southwest in 2023 – DHQ

According to the Defence Headquarters, IPOB posed a serious threat in the southeast, while Yoruba Nation agitators posed a concern in the southwest in 2023.

According to DHQ, the South-South witnessed oil theft, cultism, and youth unrest.

Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, revealed this during a briefing in Abuja.

According to Buba, the majority of Nigeria’s security problems are fueled by the proliferation of small guns and the influx of illegal arms and ammunition across the country’s porous borders.

According to Buba:

“The major threat in the South-East (SE) and South-West (SW) was the secessionist agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Yoruba Nation respectively.

“The South-South (SS) region continued to experience oil theft, cultism and youth restiveness. However, acts of criminalities such as kidnapping, armed robbery, communal clashes and cattle rustling were common across the 6 geopolitical zones.

“It is pertinent to point out that most security threats in the country were fuelled by the proliferation of small arms exacerbated by the influx of illegal arms and ammunition through our porous borders and the preponderance of local arms fabrication factories in the country.”