Situation report: Ekiti State
State.
| Level Elevated |
Coordinates 7°41′42″N 5°17′53″E 7.6950, 5.2980 |
Covers 16 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 | 11 |
| Deaths in those events | 6 |
| Attacks on civilians | 5 |
| Civilians killed | 4 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 1 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikole | Elevated | 1 | new |
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
None on record within 150 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.