Nigeria, July 5 -- In March, amid intensified military operations and vigilante crackdowns in Zamfara State, several reports suggested that armed bandits operating in Bukuyum Local Government Area (LGA) had relocated to Kwara State.

However, the Kwara State Police Command promptly dismissed the claims as false, assuring the public that the state remained safe.

Now, a recent surge in violent attacks in Kwara's previously peaceful towns is causing many to reconsider those earlier denials.

The March report

The initial intelligence came from a captured insurgent apprehended in Zamfara by local vigilante forces.

According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who has knowledge of insurgency in Nigeria's Northeast, the insurgent provided vi...