Nigerian bandit conflict

Nigerian bandit conflict
	Part of Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria and spillover of the Boko Haram insurgency
	; Nigerian bandits in 2021
Date	2011–present
Location	Throughout northwest Nigeria
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Nigeria Nigeria Police Force; Nigerian Armed Forces Nigerian Army; Nigerian Air Force; ; ; United States(from 2025) Vigilante groups Vigilante Group of Nigeria; Lakurawa (2016/2018-2023);	Various bandit groups Hausa militias Moriki vigilantes group; ; Fulani militias Ali Kachalla; Dogo Giɗe; Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno; Adamu Aliero Yankuzo; Bello Turji Kachalla; Dan Karami; Kachalla Turji; Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno; ; ; Islamist insurgents: Islamic State West Africa Province; Sahel Province Lakurawa (from c. 2023); ; ; Al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Nigerian Brigade; ; Ansaru; ; Boko Haram; ;
Commanders and leaders
Bola Tinubu (2023–); Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (2023–); Kayode Egbetokun (2023–) ; Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (2023–); Christopher Musa (2023–) ; Taoreed Lagbaja # (2023–24); Hassan Abubakar (2023–) ; Umar Namadi (2023–); Uba Sani (2023–); Abba Yusuf (2023–); Dikko Radda (2023–); Nasir Idris (2023–); Ahmad Aliyu (2023–); Dauda Lawal (2023–); Former commanders Muhammadu Buhari ; Goodluck Jonathan ; Abba Moro ; Abdulrahman Dambazau ; Rauf Aregbesola ; Hafiz Ringim ; Mohammed Dikko Abubakar ; Suleiman Abba ; Solomon Arase ; Ibrahim Kpotun Idris ; Mohammed Adamu ; Usman Alkali Baba ; Bashir Salihi Magashi ; Mansur Dan Ali ; Aliyu Mohammed Gusau ; Labaran Maku ; Olusola Obada ; Haliru Mohammed Bello ; Lucky Irabor ; Abayomi Olonisakin ; Alex Badeh ; Ola Ibrahim ; Oluseyi Petinrin ; Faruk Yahaya ; Ibrahim Attahiru † ; Tukur Yusuf Buratai ; Kenneth Minimah ; Azubuike Ihejirika ; Isiaka Oladayo Amao ; Sadique Abubakar ; Adesola Nunayon Amosu ; Alex Badeh ; Mohammed Dikko Umar ; Mohammed Badaru Abubakar ; Sule Lamido ; Nasir El-Rufai ; Mukhtar Yero ; Patrick Yakowa ; Abdullahi Umar Ganduje ; Rabiu Kwankwaso ; Aminu Bello Masari ; Ibrahim Shema ; Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari ; Aminu Musa Habib Jega ; Abubakar Atiku Bagudu ; Aminu Tambuwal ; Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko ; Bello Matawalle ; Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari ;	Kachalla Halilu † ; Dogo Giɗe; Kachalla Turji; Sani Mochoko; Bello Turji; Sani Buta; Danmakaranta; Ali Kachalla †; Mani Na Saleh; Adamu Aliero Yankuzo; Abubakar Ali (POW); Jack Bros Yellow (POW); Goma Sama'ila (POW); Dan Karami (WIA); Auwalun Daudawa †; Alhaji Karki †; Buharin Daji †; Damina †; Isiya Danwasa †; Other local commanders
Units involved
8 divisions 1 Mechanized Division; 312 Field Artillery Regiment; 31 Artillery Brigade; ; 223 Armored Battalion 2 Battalion; ; 207 Quick Response Group;	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	30,000+ Zamfara State
Casualties and losses
Unknown; 1 Alpha Jet	Unknown
	At least 12,000 killed; 450,000 people displaced

The Nigerian bandit conflict is an ongoing conflict between the country's federal government and various gangs and ethnic militias. Starting in 2011, the insecurity remaining from the conflict between the Fulani and Hausa ethnic groups quickly allowed other criminal and jihadist elements to form in the region.