National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu says the enforcement of sit-at-home orders in Nigeria’s South-East is rapidly weakening as security conditions in the region continue to improve.
Speaking on Thursday, May 22, at the APC National Policy and Development Summit in Abuja, Ribadu attributed the progress to the crackdown on key figures of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).
“The ‘sit-at-home’ orders are becoming more and more ineffective,” he said, adding that attacks on security personnel in the region had also declined.
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He revealed that more than 50 police stations and posts had been rebuilt, as normal life and economic activities gradually return across the South-East.
Ribadu also highlighted broader national gains, including the rescue of over 11,000 hostages from bandits in the North-West and the surrender of more than 124,000 Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters and their families in the North-East.
He credited these improvements to better intelligence, coordinated operations, and political will.