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. 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.
Understanding the Lakurawa Jihadists
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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