Security Has Improved in South East After Ekpa, Kanu Jailing

Security Has Improved in South East After Ekpa, Kanu Jailing – Army
Ekpa jailing and Kanu detention weakened separatist operations
Troop operations reduced attacks on security formations

The Nigerian military has said security conditions in the South East have improved significantly, attributing the gains to intensified troop operations and the imprisonment of separatist leaders, Nnamdi Kanu and Simon Ekpa.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, said criminal activities across the region have reduced over the past year due to sustained military pressure in the South Eastern states and recent court actions against the group’s leadership.

According to Onoja, the jailing of Simon Ekpa by authorities in Finland and the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja have dealt a major blow to the operational strength of the separatist group.

He said the developments have weakened the group’s ability to coordinate attacks and carry out violent operations across the region.

“Crimes and other criminal activities have significantly decreased during the year following troops’ intensified operations across the South Eastern states, as well as the recent court rulings against their leader, Simon Ekpa, who was jailed by the Government of the Republic of Finland, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” Onoja said.

He added that the actions had substantially degraded the group’s capabilities, noting that criminal elements had previously relied on attacks against lightly manned checkpoints and security outposts.

Onoja explained that such attacks often resulted in the killing of security personnel, with weapons seized and later used to fuel further violence in the South East.

The military assured that operations would be sustained to consolidate recent security gains, protect lives and property, and prevent the regrouping of criminal elements in the region.