A secured state is a peaceful state, in light of this; I have decided to write an article on the most secured states in Nigeria according to the Nigeria peace index carried out by FPP.
Foundation for Peace Professionals (FPP) is an independent Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and has unveiled the Nigeria Peace Index (NPI). The research focusing on measuring peace tendencies through foundational indices.
According to FPP, to design the Nigeria Peace Index (NPI), 5 broad indicators were adopted namely crime rate, level of human rights abuse, level of poverty, level of education, and rate of incarceration.
Under these 5 broad categories, there are sub-indicators, which include rates of communal clashes, kidnapping, extra-judicial killings, unlawful arrest and detention, armed robbery, and many others.
So putting all these data together across the 36 states of the federation gave them the rating of the NPI. The duration of the research carried out is between 2010-2016, and it was claimed by them that there is no evidence that there will be sharp differences when data are considered for 2017 and 2018.
Secured State
According to the report, the top most secured states in Nigeria are:
Osun State
Osun State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria. Its capital is Osogbo. It is bounded in the north by Kwara State, in the east partly by Ekiti State and partly by Ondo State, in the south by Ogun State, and in the west by Oyo State. The major ethnic group in Osun state is Yoruba with sub-ethnic groups such as Ife, Ijesha, Oyo, Ibolo, and Igbomina and there are also people from other parts of Nigeria.
Kogi State
Kogi is a state in the north-central zone of Nigeria. It is popularly called the confluence state because the confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue occurs there. Its capital is Lokoja. There are three main ethnic groups in Kogi: Igala, Ebira, and Okun; with the Igalas being the largest ethnic group in the state.
Ekiti State
Ekiti State of Nigeria was created on 1st October, 1996 by the former military head of state the Federal Republic of Nigeria, late General Sani Abacha. The State was carved out of Ondo State, covering the former twelve local government areas that made up the Ekiti Zone of old Ondo State.
Kwara State
Kwara State was created on 27 May 1967, when General Yakubu Gowon broke the four regions that then constituted the Federation of Nigeria into 12 states. The principal groups residing in Kwara State are the Yoruba, Nupe, Bariba, and Fulani.
Imo State
Imo state was created on February 3, 1976, out of the former East Central state. The main cities in Imo State are Owerri, Orlu, and Okigwe. The people of Imo state are Igbo speaking states with minor differences in dialects.
From the above peace index, one can say that the five states named above are the best places to live in Nigeria based on the security of life and property in those areas.
In addition, Akwa Ibom was rated the most peaceful state in the South-South, Kaduna in the North West, Kogi in the North Central, Osun in the South West, Imo in the South East, and Taraba in the North East.
Least peaceful states
- Yobe State
- Kebbi State
- Bauchi State
- Zamfara State
- Sokoto State
