Glossary and Abbreviations

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Glossary and Abbreviations

ABA Adaka Boro Avengers

ACCORD Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

ACLED Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project

AIG Assistant Inspector General

COI Country of Origin Information

COAS Chief of Army Staff

CJTF Civilian Joint Task Force

CNC Central Naval Command

CSW Christian Solidarity Worldwide

CTU Counter Terrorism Unit

DFAT Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DIA Defence Intelligence Agency

DSS Department of State Services (also known as SSS)

DW Deutsche Welle

Eid el Kabir Islamic holiday commemorating the willingness of Ibrahim to follow Allah’s

command to sacrifice his son

ENC Eastern Naval Command

FCT Federal Capital Territory

FOC Flag Officers Commanding

GTI Global Terrorism Index

IDP Internally Displaced Person

IED Improvised Explosive Device

IGP Inspector General of Police

IMN Islamic Movement in Nigeria

IOM International Organization for Migration

IPOB Indigenous People of Biafra

ISIS-WA Islamic State-West Africa

ISS Institute for Security Studies

JAS Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad

JTF Joint Task Force

LGA Local Government Area

LOG COMD Logistics Command

MNJTF Multinational Joint Task Force

MEND Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

MAFO Movement Against Fulani Occupation