
The police have foiled many bandit attacks and rescued more than 200 children from human traffickers in a series of nationwide operations. This was as the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) confirmed the killing of Bello Turji’s son in the forest....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE➤
In Katsina State, security operatives and government delegates reportedly met with bandits’ representatives in Batsari Local Council to strike a possible amnesty deal.
Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, stated, yesterday, that operatives in Kogi State overpowered a group of suspected bandits on January 18, killing one of them and arresting four. He said the police recovered one AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 30 rounds of live ammunition and two motorcycles from the bandits.
Adejobi added that on the same day, officials of the force intercepted suspected cattle thieves at Ruwan Doruwa village in Dutsinma Local Council of Katsina.
SPOKESMAN of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj-Gen Edward Buba, who confirmed the killing of the kingpin’s son, noted that on January 17, 2025, a coordinated operation between troops of Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY) and the air component conducted clearance operations along Shinkafi, Kagara, Fakai, Moriki, Maiwa and Chindo axes.
He said: “The operations claimed scores of terrorists and their leaders, including Turji’s son, on Fakai high ground where the terrorists were hiding.
“The intensity of the troops’ firepower resulted in high terrorist casualties and their logistics hub destroyed. The operations also resulted in the rescue of those held captive by Turji, who cowardly escaped, abandoning his son and combatants.”
THE amnesty meeting, reportedly held yesterday at Kofa Village, attracted government officials, bandits and security stakeholders. A source at the meeting said the personnel, Department of State Services (DSS), council area representatives, and Community Watch Corps (KWC) members attended. He added that during the meeting, the bandits released some victims who were kidnapped in recent attacks, including married women and a man.
The bandits, according to the source, requested that they be allowed to move freely within the community and other neighbouring ones, as well as to go to the Batsari market whenever they chose.
A similar meeting between security operatives and bandits’ representatives took place last year in the state, but it is unclear if the meeting achieved its intended purpose.
The state government under Governor Dikko Radda, upon coming to office, last year, vowed not to negotiate with bandits but to work closely with security operatives to tackle insecurity.
His predecessor, Aminu Masari, had granted amnesty to bandits on two occasions, but the agreement fell through the roof after attacks escalated on communities by groups that had initially accepted the amnesty deal. ...CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE➤
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