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    New Terror Group, Lakurawa Begins Recruitment On Social Media As DHQ Allays Fears

    By Farouk AbbasNovember 13, 2024
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    THE Defence Headquarters has said the new terrorist group, Lukarawa, has begun a recruitment process to bolster its fighting capabilities.

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    News Point Nigeria reports that DHQ, however, said the military was aware of the group’s recruitment activities and working closely with other security agencies and the state government to halt the recruitment efforts.

    The DHQ had, last Thursday, confirmed the emergence of a new terrorist group known as ‘Lukarawa’ in the northern region, with operations in Sokoto and Kebbi states.

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    The Director of Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, said the terrorists began incursion into the northern parts of Sokoto and Kebbi states from the Niger Republic and Mali axis, particularly after the coup in the Niger Republic.

    He blamed residents of the region for accommodating the terrorists and failing to report their movements to the military and other security agencies.

    On Friday, the new terror group attacked Mera town in the Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State while residents were preparing for Jumaat prayers, killing at least 15 people and carting away at least 100 cows.

    Speaking in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, Buba said the terrorists were using sermons and welfare packages to entice the youth.

    He added that the terror group was also using social media to drive its recruitment efforts.

    Buba said, “The group is employing social media platforms, showcasing sermons and enticing recruits with welfare packages.

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    “Nevertheless, we know of these plans and are working together with other security forces and the state government to thwart the efforts of the terrorist.”

    A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, argued that although the group had been in existence since 2018, the country’s intelligence agencies had been monitoring their activities.

    He said the sect’s members were too few to constitute a serious threat to national security.

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    He said, “It must be clear that this group has been there since 2018. It’s not a new group. They have been there since 2018. They were brought in there by the community leader who wanted to help them fight. This group was formed by Nassala in Niger Republic. So when he died, the Nigerien government could not control them.

    “So they were invited to assist them in Sokoto. They were there, but eventually, the Sokoto State government used their non-kinetic approach to make them leave that place through negotiation.

    “Some of them remained, and they’ve been operating on a very new team. So it’s not as if it’s a new terrorist group that has just emerged.

    “So they’ve been there, and the intelligence agencies have been following their activities. I can’t tell you the exact number now, but they are not men that can pose a major threat to our national security.

    “But that is not to say that we will leave them. The intelligence circle is also following their activities.”

    Ejiofor stated that security agencies must intensify their intelligence efforts and communities must support these agencies to help eliminate the terror group.

    He said, “Yes, they might be trying to recruit some people. The intelligence services are monitoring their activities with a view to putting them in check so that they don’t take root within that area.

    “There’s no cause for alarm, but you cannot at the same time underplay any security threat in the country. There’s much we can do through communal support.”

    He blamed the community for not reporting the activities of the bandits.

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