Ƙungiyar masu iƙirarin jihadi ta Islamic State (IS) ta sanar da cewa reshen ta na yankin Sahel ya kai hare-harensa na farko a arewa maso yammacin Najeriya, musamman a jihohin Sokoto da Kebbi.
Sanarwar, wadda aka fitar a watan Mayu, ta nuna cewa ƙungiyar na ƙoƙarin faɗaɗa ayyukanta zuwa sabbin yankuna bayan shekaru tana gudanar da hare-hare a wasu ƙasashen yankin Sahel.
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa reshen IS na Sahel ya ɗauki alhakin hare-hare da dama a Jamhuriyar Nijar cikin shekara guda da ta gabata, lamarin da ya ƙara nuna tasirinsa a yankin.
A lokaci guda kuma, ana ci gaba da fafatawa tsakanin IS da ƙungiyar Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), reshen al-Qaeda a yankin Sahel, kan iko da tasiri a wasu yankunan Burkina Faso da Benin.
Masana harkokin tsaro sun bayyana cewa wannan gasa tsakanin ƙungiyoyin masu tayar da ƙayar baya na iya ƙara haddasa rashin tsaro a yankin Sahel da ma ƙasashen da ke maƙwabtaka da shi.
Wasu rahotanni sun nuna cewa faɗaɗar ayyukan IS zuwa jihohin Sokoto da Kebbi na da alaƙa da haɗin gwiwa da wasu mayaƙan da ke aiki a yankin, waɗanda aka fi sani da suna Lakurawa.
Masana tsaro sun ce irin wannan haɗin gwiwa na iya bai wa ƙungiyar damar samun mafaka, hanyoyin zirga-zirga da kuma ƙarin mayaƙa a yankunan da ta ke son faɗaɗa ayyukanta.
Hukumomin tsaro na Najeriya sun sha bayyana cewa suna ci gaba da gudanar da manyan hare-hare da sintiri a arewa maso yammacin ƙasar domin dakile ayyukan ƙungiyoyin masu ɗauke da makamai da kuma hana su kafa sansanoni.
Masana sun kuma yi kira ga ƙasashen yankin Sahel da Najeriya da su ƙara haɗin gwiwar tsaro, musayar bayanan sirri da gudanar da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa domin hana ƙungiyoyin masu tayar da ƙayar baya ƙara faɗaɗa tasirinsu.
