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Imo state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Imo statePopulation about 5,408,756 (Wikidata)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 15.

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Imo state, Nigeria in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 1P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 15 eventsP in Imo state, Nigeria. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 25P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 29P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 30 regions of Nigeria with a page, Imo state has the 18th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Imo state holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 29 events in Imo state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 15P, which is down 48 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Nigeria as a whole went from 714 to 1,430P, which is up 100 percent.

Table 1. Imo state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events1115
Estimated deaths, best estimate1125
Low estimate of deaths1112
High estimate of deaths1129
Deaths of civilians002

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Imo state, Nigeria on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

02.55Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in Imo state by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Imo state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 15 events with 25 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Imo state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP3P4P
Black Axe1P2P
Fulani1P1P
Government of Nigeria9P18P
Igbo1P1P
IPOB10P18P
SVC1P2P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Imo state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Imo state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Mbaitoli lga2P3P
Njaba lga1P0P
Nkwerre lga1P1P
Ohaji/Egbema lga4P10P
Okigwe lga1P0P
Orsu lga1P2P
Owerri West lga3P5P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Imo state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict12P80%
Non-state conflict2P13%
One-sided violence against civilians1P7%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Imo state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P1PCandidate Events
August 20261P1PCandidate Events
July 20261P3PCandidate Events
June 20262P2PCandidate Events
May 20263P11PCandidate Events
April 20261P0PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20264P3PCandidate Events
October 202513GED
September 202527GED
August 202527GED
July 2025315GED
June 202558GED
May 2025231GED
February 202525GED
January 202526GED
December 202447GED
November 202436GED
October 2024413GED
September 202446GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Imo state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/imo-state/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Imo state, Nigeria in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Imo state, Nigeria in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Imo state, Nigeria in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 25P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 29P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.