APC

All Progressives Congress

BLA

Biafran Liberation Army

BoSHA

Borno State Hunters Association

BRGIE

Biafran Republic Government In Exile

CDS

Chief of Defence Staff

CJTF

Civilian Joint Task Force

DPO

Division Police Officer

DSS

Department of State Services

ESAM

Ekiti State Agro Marshalls

ESSN

Edo State Security Network

ESN

Eastern Security Network

FCT

Federal Capital Territory

IDPs

Internally displaced persons

IEDs

Improvised explosive devices

IPOB

Indigenous People of Biafra

ISSP

Islamic State Sahel Province

ISWAP

Islamic State West Africa Province

JAS

Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad

KKK

Ku Klux Klan

LGA

Local Government Area

MACBAN

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria

MNJTF

Multinational Joint Task Force

NAF

Nigerian Armed Forces

NBM

Neo-Black Movement of Africa

NDLEA

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

NEF

Northern Elders Forum

NPF

Nigerian Police Force

NSCDC

Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps

NSEMA

Nigeria State Emergency Management Agency

OPSH

Operation Save Haven

PDP

People’s Democratic Party

RPG

Rocket-propelled grenade

SIS

Special Intervention Squad

VGN

Vigilante Group of Nigeria

VIPs

Very important persons

YPP

Young Progressive Party