Overview
- Thousands attended with President Bola Tinubu present as competitors relied on hand-woven nets, calabash gourds and bare hands.
- Local fisherman Abubakar Usman landed a 59‑kilogram croaker to win two new cars and a 1 million naira cash prize.
- Participants traveled from Niger, Chad and Togo, and hundreds of smaller catches were sold in a makeshift street market.
- Organisers said the event returned after a six-year pause caused by regional insecurity and funding shortfalls.
- Security concerns persist in Kebbi state, with analysts citing Lakurawa-linked violence, and campaign displays for national and state leaders were prominent around the venue.