Investigations by Daily Trust show a spike in cases of banditry, kidnapping, ethnic conflicts, cult clashes, among others, with perpetrators relying on increased availability of small arms, according to experts.
Nigeria occupies an area of 923,768 square kilometers, extending to 1,127 km east-west and 1,046 km north-south. It is bordered by Chad on the north-east, Cameroon on the east, Gulf of Guinea on the south, Benin Republic on the west and Niger on the north-west.
With a total boundary length of 4,900 km, of which 853 km is coastline, the country’s borders with Benin and Chad are 773km and 87km long respectively, while those with Niger and Cameroon span 1, 497km and 1 690km respectively.