Title: Lakurawa Jihadis And Ungoverned Space In North-Western Nigeria
Authors: IBRAHIM IBN MOHAMMED, AMON RIMAMTANUNG STEPHEN, DAVID FRANCIS, YAKUBU ENGANYA
Volume: 9
Issue: 8
Pages: 195-198
Publication Date: 2025/08/28
Abstract:
The Lakurawas were herders from Mali and Niger. They are light-skinned, they speaks Arabic and Fulfulde languages initially they were recruited by the Traditional authorities in Sokoto state, to protect their rural communities from armed bandits from Zamfara State known as Zamfarawa. Lakurawa were paid for their services and succeeded in disrupting the bandit threat between 2016 and 2017 but soon began their own campaign of violence. These actions threatened the leaders who invited them to form an armed Group, leading to a dispute that culminated in the killing of a local district head