DHQ Identifies IPOB And Yoruba Nation As Major Threats In Southeast And Southwest For 2023

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has identified the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a significant threat in the southeast, while expressing concern about the Yoruba Nation agitators posing a threat in the southwest in 2023…CONTINUE READING

Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operation, made these revelations during a briefing in Abuja, emphasizing that the South-South region faced challenges related to oil theft, cultism, and youth restiveness.

Buba highlighted that various security concerns across the country, including kidnapping, armed robbery, communal clashes, and cattle rustling, were fueled by the proliferation of small arms.

The influx of illegal arms and ammunition through the nation’s porous borders and the prevalence of local arms fabrication factories were identified as key factors contributing to these security threats.

He stated, “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.