March 11, 2026
Armed Bandits Attack Jikamshi Village in Katsina, Injuring 14 Amid Fragile Peace Deal
Social Media has become abreast with a 23-second shaky video filmed from a window in Jikamshi, Katsina State, Nigeria, depicting armed men on motorcycles and foot patrolling a rural village street amid trees and huts, highlighting brazen daylight bandit operations on March 10, 2026.
Gunmen stormed the village in Katsina State’s Musawa area around 6 p.m. Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people, looting shops, and sparking a firefight with police who foiled the raid. The assault has residents questioning a peace accord from last September, meant to end bandit violence through dialogue, as attacks continue in the northwest hotspot. Unconfirmed reports also point to a deadly overnight raid in nearby Dansoda village, killing 15 and burning homes.
Local reports confirm the attack lasted two hours, resulting in at least one confirmed death and multiple injuries, with residents fleeing gunfire in Musawa Local Government Area, exacerbating Katsina’s banditry crisis that displaced over 200,000 people in 2025 per UN data.
This incident underscores persistent insecurity in northern Nigeria, where bandit groups conducted 1,200+ attacks in 2025 according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, often exploiting weak state presence for ransom and livestock raids.
