Situation report: Warri South LGA
Local government area, Delta.
| Level High |
Coordinates 5°40′03″N 5°36′09″E 5.6674, 5.6026 |
Covers 1 LGA |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this local government area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 9 |
| Deaths in those events | 8 |
| Attacks on civilians | 6 |
| Civilians killed | 4 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warri South | High | 4 | rising |
How it developed
Archive record
No incident in the Dustline archive falls here — the archive is concentrated in the north-east, so this is a gap, not a finding.
Military installations within 150 km
| Central Naval Command | Yenagoa | 110 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Delta State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs (Level 4, do not travel).
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.