Zamfara and Katsina states in the North-west are witnessing what they described as a surge in terror activities following military offensives that led to the killing of many terrorists in the region. Several residents and terrorism researchers told PREMIUM TIMES that the increased attacks are the fallout of the military offensives .
Although Nigeria’s security agencies have been battling internal terrorists in different parts of the country for about a decade, there have been increased attacks by security agencies at specific periods.The soldiers also burned down houses and camps belonging to the terrorists.“That has always been the trend in the region,” Basharu Guyawa, a researcher on banditry, told PREMIUM TIMES. “For over a week, soldiers conducted operations in the eastern part of Sokoto and the northern part of Zamfara but immediately the operation stopped, the terrorists returned with more anger. People are being killed in high number
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