Nigerian bandit kingpin Gwaska Dankarami and 100 followers killed

[ad_1] A infamous bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint army operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say.

Gwaska Dankarami was stated to have been a high-value goal who reportedly served as second-in-command to an Islamic State-linked chief.

The alleged gang chief had been hiding within the Munumu Forest, with authorities reporting that a number of different legal hideouts had been additionally destroyed throughout the state on Friday.

His obvious loss of life comes after bandits kidnapped 43 villagers and killed 4 others in a lethal assault on a village known as Maigora within the northern Katsina State earlier this week.

The police had stated that it deployed safety forces in pursuit of the abductors.

Nonetheless, this isn't the primary time Dankarami's loss of life has been reported.

In 2022, the Nigerian Airforce claimed to have killed him in the same operation.

The Katsina State commissioner for inside safety and residential affairs, Nasir Mua'zu, stated the killing was a big milestone within the battle towards banditry within the state.

"It's expedient to state that this profitable mission has considerably disrupted the legal networks which have lengthy terrorised communities throughout Faskari, Kankara, Bakori, Malumfashi, and Kafur," Mua'zu added.

Safety forces stated that they had additionally recovered and destroyed two machine weapons and regionally fabricated shotguns.

In a separate operation on Thursday, safety forces killed six bandits, together with their commander, whereas a number of different bandits escaped with bullet wounds.

Seven bikes had been additionally intercepted and recovered in the course of the intelligence-led operation.

Katsina, the house state of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has witnessed sporadic assaults by bandits and kidnappers which have claimed many lives.

The state governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has expressed the federal government's willpower to remove criminals and guarantee each forest is totally monitored to guard residents.

The authorities stated that the operations are a part of a broader effort to revive stability within the state and the north-west area of Nigeria, which has witnessed repeated banditry assaults.