2016 Niger Delta conflict

2016 Niger Delta conflict
	Part of the conflict in the Niger Delta
Date	February 2016–present (9 years, 4 months)
Location	Niger Delta
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Nigeria Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (since 2019); Nigerian Armed Forces Involved states Abia State ; Akwa Ibom State ; Bayelsa State ; Cross River State ; Delta State ; Edo State ; Imo State ; Ondo State ; Rivers State ; ;	Niger Delta Republic' Militant organizations Adaka Boro Avengers ; Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta ; Niger Delta Avengers ; Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate ; Niger Delta Justice Defence Group ; Niger Delta Volunteers ; Niger Delta Red Squad ; Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (until 2019) ; Reformed Egbesu Fraternities ; Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta ; Egbesu Red Water Lions ; Egbesu Mightier Fraternity ; Indigenous People of Biafra
Commanders and leaders
Bola Tinubu; (2023–present); Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; (2023–present); Kayode Egbetokun; (2023–present) ; Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; (2023–present); Christopher Gwabin Musa; (2023–present) ; Taoreed Lagbaja; (2023–present); Emmanuel Ogalla; (2023–present); Hassan Abubakar; (2023–present) ; Alex Otti; (2023–present); Umo Eno; (2023–present); Douye Diri; (2020–present); Bassey Otu; (2023–present); Sheriff Oborevwori; (2023–present); Godwin Obaseki; (2016–present); Hope Uzodinma; (2020–present); Lucky Aiyedatiwa; (2023–present); Siminalayi Fubara; (2023–present); Former commanders Muhammadu Buhari ; Rauf Aregbesola ; Abdulrahman Dambazau ; Solomon Arase ; Ibrahim Kpotun Idris ; Mohammed Adamu ; Usman Alkali Baba ; Bashir Salihi Magashi ; Mansur Dan Ali ; Abayomi Olonisakin ; Lucky Irabor ; Tukur Yusuf Buratai ; Ibrahim Attahiru† ; Faruk Yahaya ; Ibok Ekwe Ibas ; Awwal Zubairu Gambo ; Sadique Abubakar ; Isiaka Oladayo Amao ; Okezie Ikpeazu ; Udom Gabriel Emmanuel ; Henry Seriake Dickson ; Ben Ayade ; Ifeanyi Okowa ; Adams Oshiomhole ; Rochas Okorocha ; Emeka Ihedioha ; Rotimi Akeredolu ; Olusegun Mimiko ; Nyesom Wike ;	Aldo Agbalaja (NDGJM); Nnamdi Kanu (IPOB);
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The 2016 Niger Delta conflict is an ongoing conflict around the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in a bid for the secession of the region, which was a part of the breakaway state of Biafra. It follows on-and-off conflict in the Christian-dominated southern Niger Delta in the preceding years, as well as an insurgency in the Muslim-dominated northeast.