Nigerian bandit conflict

Nigerian bandit conflict
Part of Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria

Nigerian bandits in 2021
Date2011–present[3]
Location
Throughout northwest Nigeria
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Nigeria Nigeria

Vigilante groups

Various bandit groups

  • Hausa militias
    • Moriki vigilantes group
  • Fulani militias
    • Ali Kachalla bandit group
    • Dogo Giɗe bandit group
    • Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno bandit group
    • Adamu Aliero Yankuzo bandit group
    • Bello Turji Kachalla bandit gang
    • Dan Karami bandit gang
    • Kachalla Turji bandit gang
    • Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno bandit gang

Islamist rebels:
Islamic State[2]

Boko Haram
Ansaru[2]
Lakurawa (from c. 2023)[1]
Commanders and leaders
Former commanders
 Kachalla Halilu[5] † [6]
Dogo Giɗe[7]
Kachalla Turji[8]
Sani Mochoko
Bello Turji
Sani Buta
Danmakaranta
Ali Kachalla †[9][10]
Mani Na Saleh[11]
Adamu Aliero Yankuzo[12]
Abubakar Ali (POW)[13]
Jack Bros Yellow (POW)[14]
Goma Sama'ila (POW)[15]
Dan Karami (WIA)
Auwalun Daudawa †[16]
Alhaji Karki †[citation needed]
Buharin Daji †[17]
Damina  †[18]
Other local commanders
Units involved

8 divisions[19]
1 Mechanized Division

  • 312 Field Artillery Regiment
  • 31 Artillery Brigade
  • 223 Armored Battalion
  • 2 Battalion
207 Quick Response Group[20]		 Unknown
Strength
Unknown 30,000+ Zamfara State[21]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
1 Alpha Jet[22]		 Unknown
At least 12,000 killed[23]
450,000 people displaced[24]

The bandit conflict in northwest Nigeria is an ongoing conflict between the country's federal government and various gangs and ethnic militias. Starting in 2011, the insecurity remaining from the conflict between the Fulani and Hausa ethnic groups quickly allowed other criminal and jihadist elements to form in the region.

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