The military offensive against bandits in the states of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto, in the last three weeks had seen many bandits fleeing in droves and carrying out attacks on soft targets.
Since January 2020, about 50,000 people fled from their homes in the northwest alone, according to the International Organization for Migration.
And more than 80,000 additional people have fled to neighbouring Niger over the past two years.
