Armed terrorists suspected to be members of the Lakurawa group attacked a Nigeria Customs Service camp in Maje, Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing one officer and burning down the facility.
Local residents said the attackers arrived in large numbers and opened fire indiscriminately, forcing officers and civilians to flee. “They came shooting from all directions. Everyone ran for safety,” a witness told SaharaReporters.
As of press time, neither the Kebbi State Government nor the Nigeria Customs Service had released an official statement on the incident.
Meanwhile, Kaduna-based cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has again stirred controversy by defending bandits operating in northern Nigeria. Speaking on Trust TV, Gumi claimed the armed groups were acting out of revenge rather than aggression, citing grievances over past injustices.
While condemning killings as “wrong and obnoxious,” he maintained that the bandits were reacting to hostility and loss. He also urged the Tinubu administration to consider reconciliation and rehabilitation rather than purely military action.
The renewed violence in Kebbi adds to growing insecurity across the North, even as debates persist over how to address banditry and terrorism.
