Nigeria, April 2 -- The agency is warning that it has intensified operations to prosecute persons caught illegally possessing arms and weapons in the region.

Across states of the Southeast, armed criminals and agitators have occupied forests, perpetrating all kinds of crimes and killings.

Recall that in December, Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo warned all armed groups in the forest to lay down their arms and embrace his government's amnesty deal.

Speaking during an interactive session with the State Executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council, the Zonal Director, Southeast, of the agency, Major General Okechukwu Ugo (rtd), identified Anambra and Imo as states with more prevalence of unlicensed ...