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Nigeria and its neighbours in Chad and Niger have launched a joint military offensive against the Lakurawa terrorist group.It is understood that the countries' forces have commenced joint patrols to contain cross-border threats posed by the Lakurawa terrorist group.The new terrorist group is affiliated with terrorists in the Sahel, particularly from Mali and Niger Republic. It has been linked to heinous criminal activities in the northern part of Nigeria and its neighbours.
The Lakurawa group is a Mali-based terrorist organization known in the Sahel as Jama'atu Muslimina. The group's leader, Ahmadu Kofa, has ancestors originally from Nigeria, specifically from the Kebbi Empire. The group has been planning to establish its caliphate for over 25 years, a researcher with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Dr Murtala Rufa’i, said.
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