Senate plenary
Senate worries as Lakurawa terrorists invade more northern states
The Senate has raised the alarm that terrorists from Mali and Burkina Faso known as Lakurawa have Invaded Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, other states in the North West and Niger State in the North Central.
Noting that the trend now has an international dimension, the Senate urged the Nigerian Military to set up early warning mechanisms to forestall further incursions as well as maintain their presence and vigilance in the affected communities.
This is just as it commended the Nigerian military for their prompt response to the insurgence.
The Upper Chamber has directed the Military to work with the communities and other security agencies, while urging the Federal Government to send an assessment team to the affected areas to estimate the extent of damages and to determine the immediate relief needs of the affected families.
The Senate observed one-minute silence in honour of the deceased community members killed in the wake of the terrorist incursion.
Resolutions of the Senate on Monday were sequel to a motion titled, “Urgent need for the Federal Government to stringent measures to stop the infiltration of a group of violent terrorists known as Lakurawa from entrenching themselves in some North Western parts of Sokoto and Kebbi States.”
It was sponsored by former Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, PDP, Kebbi North and co- sponsored by Senators Adamu Aliero, PDP, Kebbi Central and Garba Musa Maidoki, PDP, Kebbi South.
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In his presentation, Senator Abdullahi said, that “the Senate: aware that a group of terrorists from neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, known as Lakurawa has infiltrated the country through the Nigeria- Niger border, at Illela, Tangaza and Silame Local Government Areas of Sokoto and are from there, attacking communities in Augie and Arewa LGAs in Kebbi State.
“Recall that this violent gang of terrorists had raided and dispossessed these communities, prior to the large-scale invasion of Mera, a village in Augie Local Government, on November 8,2024, killing more than 20 people and fleeing with their Livestock, amounting to hundreds of millions of naira.”
According to him, the Senate is “Aware that Kebbi State Government promptly responded by sending a delegation with relief materials to the affected villages and assistance to the families of the deceased.
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