Mouktar Luggar, Chief of Staff to the Zamfara State governor, survived an attack when gunmen opened fire on his convoy on Thursday along the Funtua-Gusau highway. The incident occurred at around 6:16 pm near Kucheri village, as Luggar was returning from a trip, according to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region. Gunmen fired multiple shots at the vehicle, but Luggar escaped without injury. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and security agencies have not issued a statement. The highway has seen repeated security incidents in recent months, raising concerns over safety in the region.
That the governor's Chief of Staff is now a target shows how deep insecurity has eroded even the closest circles of power in Zamfara. Mouktar Luggar's narrow escape on a known dangerous route underscores how routine such attacks have become, even for high-profile figures. If those with security escorts are not safe, ordinary commuters on the Funtua-Gusau road face far greater peril. This incident, like others, will likely yield no arrests, no answers—just more silence.
