2025 NDLEA Report: South-East Records Lowest Drug Arrests, South-West Tops the South

Official 2025 NDLEA figures break down drug-related arrests by Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones: North-West: 4,515 (22.64%) North-Central: 3,840 (19.25%) South-West: 3,525 (17.67%) South-South: 3,224 (16.17%) North-East: 2,564 (12.86%) South-East: 2,276 (11.41%) – lowest nationwide Within the South, the South-West leads in arrests while the South-East records the fewest. These numbers challenge stereotypes that unfairly single out the South-East or Igbo communities as drug crime hotspots. While arrest data offer insight into law enforcement outcomes, they do not directly measure drug use or overall criminality. Public discussions should rely on facts like these rather than on long-standing ethnic assumptions.

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