Explainer: Why Divisions MatterAn army division is a major operational command coordinating thousands of troops across a wide area. The Map Speaks“Makurdi is the capital of Benue — home to Yelwata, Otukpo Nobi, Akpachi, and the seized Idoma villages of Otukpo county. Ilorin anchors Kwara, the western gate of the Middle Belt, where the kidnapping economy and militia raids have spilled across the Kogi and Niger borders. “Due to the pressure on Tinubu to curb the killings of Christians and deploy more soldiers to the Middle Belt, Tinubu is now creating more army divisions,” Utoo said. If the killings of Middle Belters are to stop, Nigeria must have up to one million men under arms — and most must come from the Middle Belt and Southern states,” Utoo cautioned.