A security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has claimed that the Lakurawa terror group currently causing havoc in Sokoto and Kebbi states is not new.
Bulama 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 had 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, Bulama Bukarti, who was featured on a television programme on Monday, said the group has been “sporadically living or camping in the northwestern part of Nigeria for over six years now.
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