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Terrorists

WHAT WE LOST TO THE BANDITS

Tragic postcards from the belly of violence in Nigeria’s Northwest.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SeriesTagged Banditry, Bandits, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorism, Terrorists, Violence

THEY ASKED WHICH OF MY BABIES TO SHOOT

One of them said, “Let us release the mother and hold the boy so that he can work for us.”

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

THEY ASKED ME TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY PARENTS

I lost my chemist shop; I lost my livestock. Before this, I was handling all my responsibilities.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

MY WIVES AND DAUGHTER CAN USE GUNS

We prepare our children and family very well in case of any bandit attack.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

ONE BANDIT BEAT MY TEETH UNTIL THEY FELL OUT

I spent five months there and we could spend four to five days without eating anything.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

I GO EVERYWHERE WITH MY GUNS, EVEN THE TOILET

Any gun, machete, or iron-related weapon cannot do anything to me.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

WE’D HAVE JOINED THE BANDITS IF WE KNEW

One day my Fulani colleagues came and met me with a kolanut as an invitation to gang up.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

WE SLEPT ON TOP OF TREES TO AVOID BANDITS

Anywhere you go now, people will start accusing you or stigmatising you as a Fulani man.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

‘WE HAVE NO RANSOM, WE ALREADY FORGOT HIM’

So, the only option was to keep praying for him and let them just kill him.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

THEY THINK ALL FULANI ARE BANDITS

Bandits killed and rustled in our community, but they never tried setting our houses ablaze as Yan Sakai did.

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026

Buhari Ya’u MorikiLeave a comment
Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Banditry, Conflict, Displacement, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Northwest, Terrorists, Violence

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