Nigeria Plans to Use Identity Checks in Battle Against Militants

Nigeria’s army said it will carry out strict identification checks on people passing through three of the country’s northern states as it seeks to clamp down on Islamist militants in the area.

The checks are needed because criminals are hiding among civilians in some of the towns in the northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the army said in statement on Twitter on Sunday. National identification cards, voter registration cards, driving licenses and passports are all acceptable forms of ID.