The newly formed terrorist group Lakurawa has been named in the recent explosion that occurred in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
On Wednesday, explosives were reportedly planted around the Mai Lamba axis along the Dansadau-Gusau road under the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing travellers.
The lifeless bodies of the victims were photographed and posted online, with residents sharing that suspected terrorists planted the explosives.
Providing an update on Thursday, the state’s police commissioner Muhammed Dalijan fingered the Lakurawa group, saying they were responsible for the attack.
“This Lakurawa (group) when they were dislodged by the Army in Sokoto and Kebbi, the rest of them that survived the military onslaught were trying to find new enclaves.
“As they were passing that village to Birnin-Gwari forest, they planted a bomb under a bridge. Then a motorist was passing and step on it. It exploded and killed the driver and three other people were seriously injured,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast programme.
“They were seen passing through a village and as we were getting reports, trying to get ourselves prepared to pursue them, this (explosion) happened. So, we are sure that they were the ones that planted the bomb.
“The bandits here (in Zamfara) don’t use bombs because they don’t know how to make it; they don’t know how to improvise explosive devices.
“So, we are 100% sure that they (Lakurawa) are the ones because planting bombs in Zamfara State is a new development and bandits don’t have that capacity,” Dalijan added.