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The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, says the new terror group, Lakurawa, would be wiped out very soon.
The general disclosed that the terror group has less than two hundred members.
Laka spoke in Abuja while reacting to the recent wave of terror activities in Sokoto and other parts of the North-West, attributed to the new terror group, Lakurawa.
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He said the military and other security agencies under the coordination of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, are on top of the situation and the group will be wiped out in no distant future.
According to him, since the emergence of the group, the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, and other service chiefs have implemented several concrete steps towards wiping out the group.
On how the group berthed in the North-West, the Counter-Terrorism coordinator explained that people invited them to come and provide security against bandits.
According to him, after providing the security for some time, they have turned around to imposing and collecting taxes from the people.
“This cannot happen and will not be allowed in a sovereign country,” Laka said.
In other news, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has disclosed strategies the Nigerian government would employ to defeat the terror group, Lakurawa.
Badaru said with the deployment of troops and provision of additional equipment, the Nigerian government would overrun the Lakurawa.
Lakurawa has been responsible for the recent attacks and killings in Sokoto and Kebbi states.
Attacks by the terror group led to the death of 15 people while about 100 cattle were rustled in Mera, Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
However, the Minister said the Federal government has already mapped out its strategies to defeat the terror group.
