Situation report: Imo State
State.
| Level High |
Coordinates 5°33′58″N 7°01′59″E 5.5660, 7.0330 |
Covers 27 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Under a US Level 4 advisory: Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs.
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 | 49 |
| Deaths in those events | 66 |
| Attacks on civilians | 19 |
| Civilians killed | 26 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 7 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owerri West | High | 14 | falling |
| Ohaji/Egbema | Elevated | 6 | rising |
| Owerri-Municipal | Elevated | 2 | rising |
| Ngor-Okpala | Elevated | 1 | falling |
| Mbaitoli | Elevated | 0 | falling |
| Oguta | Elevated | 0 | falling |
| Okigwe | Elevated | 0 | falling |
| Orsu | Elevated | 0 | steady |
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
| NAF Base Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt | 62 km |
| 6 Division | Port Harcourt | 83 km |
| NNS Pathfinder | Port Harcourt | 89 km |
| Central Naval Command | Yenagoa | 111 km |
| 82 Division | Enugu | 114 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Imo State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs (Level 4, do not travel).
Named danger areas: South-East hotspots (Orlu–Okigwe–Ihiala)
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.