On August 21, 2026, Lakurawa-linked fighters stormed mosques
in Borgu, Niger State during Friday prayers — abducting more
than 60 worshippers and posting a video of the captives online.
Who are the Lukarawa, the Jihadists gaining grounds in Nigeria
Most Nigerians still don’t know who Lakurawa is. This video
changes that.
This video also covers the arrival of JNIM — Al-Qaeda’s Sahel
affiliate — which claimed its first attack on Nigerian soil in
October 2025, killing a soldier in Kwara State. With the Islamic
State operating through Lakurawa and ISWAP, and Al-Qaeda now
present through JNIM, Nigeria faces two competing global jihadist
franchises in the same border zone simultaneously — a situation
with no precedent in the country’s security history.
Ndeya Live traces the full story: how Lakurawa entered Nigeria
from Mali in 2017 as a vigilante force, became an Islamic State
affiliate, survived a US airstrike on Christmas Day 2025, killed
162 people in Kwara State in February 2026, and is now operating
in Niger State — 400 kilometres south of where it started.
We also ask the questions the mainstream conversation is
avoiding: Is Nigeria’s northwest becoming a new northeast?
Who actually carried out the Borgu attacks? And what does
Lakurawa’s expansion mean for the 2027 elections?
SOURCES:
Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) — February 2026
The Soufan Center IntelBrief — February 2026
West Africa Maps security analysis — February 2026
Wikipedia: Lakurawa, 2026 Kwara State attacks
Daily Nigerian — Dr Hussaini Abdu analysis, August 2026
Daily Trust / Vanguard — Borgu mosque attacks, August 2026
Leadership Nigeria — Borgu attack report, August 2026
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