Conflict between gangs and the Nigerian government
Nigerian bandit conflict
Part of Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
Nigerian bandits in 2021
Date
2011–present[2]
Location
Throughout northwest Nigeria
Status
Ongoing
Belligerents
Nigeria
Nigeria Police Force
Nigerian Armed Forces
Nigerian Army
Nigerian Air Force
Vigilante groups
Vigilante Group of Nigeria
Various gangs
Hausa militias
Fulani militias
Alleged involvement
Islamic State's West Africa Province[1]
Boko Haram
Ansaru[1]
Commanders and leaders
Bola Tinubu (2023–present)
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (2023–present)
Kayode Egbetokun (2023–present)
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (2023–present)
Christopher Musa (2023–present)
Taoreed Lagbaja (2023–present)
Hassan Abubakar (2023–present)
Umar Namadi (2023–present)
Uba Sani (2023–present)
Abba Kabir Yusuf (2023–present)
Dikko Umar Radda (2023–present)
Nasir Idris (2023–present)
Ahmad Aliyu (2023–present)
Dauda Lawal (2023–present)
Former commanders
Muhammadu Buhari
Goodluck Jonathan
Abba Moro
Abdulrahman Dambazau
Rauf Aregbesola
Hafiz Ringim
Mohammed Dikko Abubakar
Suleiman Abba
Solomon Arase
Ibrahim Kpotun Idris
Mohammed Adamu
Usman Alkali Baba
Bashir Salihi Magashi
Mansur Dan Ali
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau
Labaran Maku
Olusola Obada
Haliru Mohammed Bello
Lucky Irabor
Abayomi Olonisakin
Alex Badeh
Ola Ibrahim
Oluseyi Petinrin
Faruk Yahaya
Ibrahim Attahiru †[3]
Tukur Yusuf Buratai
Kenneth Minimah
Azubuike Ihejirika
Isiaka Oladayo Amao
Sadique Abubakar
Adesola Nunayon Amosu
Alex Badeh
Mohammed Dikko Umar
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Sule Lamido
Nasir El-Rufai
Mukhtar Yero
Patrick Yakowa
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Rabiu Kwankwaso
Aminu Bello Masari
Ibrahim Shema
Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
Aminu Musa Habib Jega
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
Aminu Tambuwal
Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko
Bello Matawalle
Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari
Kachalla Halilu[4] Dogo Giɗe[5] Kachalla Turji[6] Sani Mochoko Bello Turji Sani Buta Danmakaranta Ali Kachalla †[7][8] Mani Na Saleh[9] Adamu Aliero Yankuzo[10] Abubakar Ali (POW)[11] Jack Bros Yellow (POW)[12] Goma Sama'ila (POW)[13] Dan Karami (WIA) Auwalun Daudawa †[14] Alhaji Karki †[citation needed] Buharin Daji †[15] Damina †[16] Other local commanders
Units involved
8 divisions[17] 1 Mechanized Division
312 Field Artillery Regiment
31 Artillery Brigade
223 Armored Battalion
2 Battalion
207 Quick Response Group[18]
Unknown
Strength
Unknown
30,000+ Zamfara State[19]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1 Alpha Jet[20]
Unknown
At least 12,000 killed[21] 450,000 people displaced[22]
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Nigerian bandit conflict
2020
Katsina
Sabon Birni
Kankara
Mahuta
2021
Kagara
Zamfara
Kaduna & Katsina
Afaka
Greenfield University
Kebbi massacre
Zurmi
Kebbi kidnapping
Chikun
2022
Zamfara
Dankade
Kebbi (Mar)
Ganar Kiyawa
Kaduna
Bakura & Talata Mafara
Birnin Gwari
Plateau
Kajuru
Shiroro
2023
Yenagoa
Tudun Biri
Plateau
2024
Kuriga
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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207 Quick Response Group[18]
