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Imo state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in February 2025

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UCDP recorded 2 events of organized violence in Imo state, Nigeria in February 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 5. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for January 2025 was 2 events.

Among the 20 months with a report for Imo state, Nigeria, February 2025 has the 9th highest count of events. Imo state, Nigeria holds 4 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in February 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, February 2025.

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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 .

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Imo state, February 2025: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
8 Feb 2025Mbaitoli lga, Imo stateGovernment of Nigeria; IPOBState-based222
9 Feb 2025Mbaitoli lga, Imo stateGovernment of Nigeria; IPOBState-based333

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Imo state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of February 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Nigeria25
IPOB25

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.

All months

Table 3. 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

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Imo state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Imo state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in February 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/imo-state/month/2025-02/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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