BENUE: SANKERA ATTACK: POLICE ACTION. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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  BENUE STATE POLICE COMMAND  PRESS RELEASE  18TH APRIL ,2025   SANKERA ATTACK: POLICE ACTION On  17/4/2025  at about 2100hrs, information was received that a large number of  suspected militia had invaded  Sankera axis of Benue state with intention to attack communities around Gbagir, Ukum Local Government Area.  Upon receipt of this report, the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Police command, CP. Steve H. Yabanet FCID, psc (+)  ordered tactical teams to move to the area and join forces with police officers on ground and other security agencies to forestall the attack.  Following this order, a team of officers moved to the area and engaged them. While the attackers were being repelled  in the early hours of today,  they  shot sporadically at unsuspecting farmers as they came across them .  Five (5) persons were recovered at Gbagir area and taken to the hospital where they were confirmed dead.  Unfor...

LAKURAWA TERROR GROUP CAME FROM NIGER TO NIGERIA SIX YEARS AGO- SECURITY EXPERT. (PHOTO).


 Lakurawa terror group came from Niger to Nigeria six years ago – Security expert


A security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has claimed that the Lakurawa terror group currently causing havoc in Sokoto and Kebbi states is not new.


Bukarti said the group has been in the country since about six years ago, alleging that they usually enter the country from Niger Republic.


The Defence Headquarters recently raised an alarm about the emergence of a new terrorist group called Lakurawa in the northwestern part of Nigeria.


According to reports, the group has launched deadly attacks in some parts of the region, killing unsuspecting citizens.


Speaking on the development, Bukarti, who was featured on a Channels TV programme on Monday, said the group has been ā€œsporadically living or camping in the northwestern part of Nigeria for over six years now.


ā€œThey first started illegally entering Nigeria around 2016, 2017 but they did not stay permanently.


ā€œWhat they do—and that’s what they do still today—is that they move in, stay for a few months, and then they go back to the Sahel or wherever they are coming from in Niger [Republic].ā€


He claimed security agencies, especially the Department of State Services, DSS, were aware of the existence of the group.

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