Situation report: Cross River State
State.
| Level Elevated |
Coordinates 5°47′28″N 8°24′11″E 5.7910, 8.4030 |
Covers 18 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this state; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 25 |
| Deaths in those events | 80 |
| Attacks on civilians | 15 |
| Civilians killed | 11 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 4 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calabar-Municipal | Elevated | 3 | falling |
| Calabar South | Elevated | 3 | falling |
| Yakurr | Elevated | 3 | rising |
| Obubra | Elevated | 0 | 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
| Eastern Naval Command | Calabar | 91 km |
| 82 Division | Enugu | 120 km |
Advisories and named areas
No US Level 4 advisory state here.
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.