Kebbi’s deputy governor, Umar Tafida, and senior safety officers attended funeral prayers for the 15 victims in Mera on Saturday, his workplace stated in a press release.
Nigeria has been suffering from armed violence for the reason that 2009 emergence of the Boko Haram group within the Lake Chad basin, within the northeast of the nation.
Varied Islamist teams have cut up from or emerged alongside the insurgency, infamous for a number of mass kidnappings of college ladies, regardless of a navy crackdown.
Armed bandits and kidnap gangs have additionally unfold chaos throughout the area, alongside typically bloody conflicts between farming communities and nomadic herdsmen.
The unrest has unfold to northwest Nigeria and contributed to a looming famine, which UN businesses say may see 33 million individuals dealing with “acute meals insecurity” by subsequent yr.
On Tuesday, Idris Muhammad Gobir, the deputy governor of Kebbi’s neighbour Sokoto State, briefed the federal navy on the emergence of the Lakurawa group.
