Nijeriya tare da jiraniyarta na Chad, Niger, da sauran kasashen makwabta sun fara aikin soja na tare da juna don hana barazanar da kungiyar terror ta Lakurawa ke yi a arewacin Nijeriya da kasashen makwabta.
Aikin hadin gwiwa na nufin yaki da kungiyar Lakurawa, wacce aka zarge ta shiga ayyukan laifuka masu tsanani a arewacin Nijeriya da kasashen makwabta. Kungiyar ta fara aikinta a ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba, inda ta kai harin da ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 17 da sace daruruwan shanu a yankin Mera na jihar Kebbi.
Kungiyar Lakurawa, wacce aka fi sani da Jama’atu Muslimina a yankin Sahel, ta fara samun damar shiga Nijeriya daga kasashen Niger da Mali, kuma ta samar da sansanoninta a wasu yankunan jihar Sokoto da Bauchi.
Wata majiya daga Jami’ar Usmanu Danfodiyo, Sokoto, Dr Murtala Rufa’i, ya bayyana cewa kungiyar ta samar da sansanoninta a yankunan Gudu da Tangaza na jihar Sokoto, inda ta fara aikinta shekaru 25 da suka gabata.
Rufa’i ya ce shugaban kungiyar, Ahmadu Kofa, asalin sa daga Nijeriya ne, daga wata gari mai suna Kofa a daular Kebbi ta tsohuwa. Ya kuma bayyana cewa kungiyar ta lura mutane da kudade, kayan noma, da na’urorin taya, wanda ya sa wasu mutane su shiga kungiyar saboda talauci.
A ranar 5 ga watan Disamba, Kwamishinan ‘yan sanda na jihar Zamfara, Muhammed Dalijan, ya bayyana cewa mambobin kungiyar Lakurawa ne suka yi harin da ya faru a jihar, inda suka yi wa mota wuta a karkashin gada a dajin Birnin-Gwari.
Da yawa daga cikin mambobin kungiyar sun yi ƙaura zuwa yankunan Birnin-Gwari bayan an kora su daga Sokoto da Kebbi, inda suka yi wa mota wuta wadda ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutum daya da raunatar wasu uku.
Matsayin da sojojin Nijeriya ke yi na hana barazanar da kungiyar ke yi, ya hada da aikin hadin gwiwa da kasashen makwabta don hana sansanonin kungiyar. Direktan hulda da kafofin watsa labarai na sojojin Nijeriya, Major-General Edward Buba, ya bayyana cewa aikin hadin gwiwa zai taimaka wajen hana sansanonin kungiyar.
