How ISWAP and NJIM Smuggle Fuel Across Borders from Kebbi to Niger, Benin, and Burkina Faso (Photos)

Fuel and other supplies in large quantities were regularly carried from Nigeria’s border in Kebbi State to Dolé Kaina village in Tounouga community and Sabon Birni in Gaya (DOSSO) in Niger Republic.

Dole-Kaina is a town that forms the boundary between Nigeria and Niger Republic. Half of the town is located in Kebbi State, Nigeria, and the other half is part of both Dosso State, Niger, and Benin Republic.

Through these routes, terrorist marchants covertly transfer substantial amounts of fuel, ammunition, and other supplies to terrorist groups operating in the Sahel and West African area. In order to supply other terrorist organizations, they occasionally traveled through the Benin Republic to reach Kompienga, one of Burkina Faso’s 45 provinces, which is situated in its eastern region.

In order to support their terror campaign, the Bandits in the North West also utilized the same path to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Nigeria.

The spread of small guns and light weapons is one of the issues Nigeria is now facing. This issue is particularly noticeable in developing nations like Nigeria, where border security is poorly organized and borders are porous.

People and insecurity are impacted by the country’s growingly intricate and diverse issue of small arms and light weapon proliferation and abuse.

The terrorist groups’ destabilizing acquisition and unchecked proliferation of light and small arms has prolonged and intensified the conflict, threatened its sustainability, hampered efforts to establish peace, thwarted efforts to prevent the conflict, and made it much more difficult to provide humanitarian aid in the affected areas. [CONTINUE READING HERE]