State-Backed Militia Attacks Turji’s Stronghold in Zamfara_ Kills More Than 100 Bandits

Zamfara Govt confirms killing of over 100 loyalists of bandit leader ...

State-backed Militia Attacks Turji’s Stronghold in Zamfara_ Kills More Than 100 Bandits

Breaking | 3 minutes ago Government-sponsored vigilantes in the northwest state of Zamfara killed more than 100 bandits in a gun battle earlier this week, a local official disclosed late Wednesday. According to AFP reports, the Zamfara Civilian Protection Guard (CPG), a state-backed vigilance group, stormed the stronghold of Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin that had been carrying out a deadly campaign of kidnapping, killings and

State-backed militia kill more than 100 Nigerian 'bandits': local officials

State-backed militia kills more than 100 Nigerian ‘bandits’

Over 300 Bandits Overruns Police Camp in Kebbi, Cart Away Rifles, Burn Patrol Vehicle - Global Upfront Newspapers

Over 300 armed bandits invaded Makuku Village in Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Thursday, overrunning the Police camp, carting away eight AK-47 rifles. Sources confirmed that the heavily armed assailants, suspected to be cattle rustlers moving with a large herd stolen from Niger State en route to Zamfara, launched the attack at about 1:00 p.m. The sources said that the attack resulted to an intense exchange of gunfire ensued, but…

How Zamfara Civilian Protection Guard decimated Turji’s loyalists

•Over 100 bandits killed•DSS role unclear Details have emerged on how members of the Zamfara Civilian Protection Guards on Monday night launched a surprise offensive against hundreds of suspected bandits believed to be loyal to wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji. At the end of the attack which happened near Cida, a remote village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state, over 100 suspected bandits lay dead, with dozens of weapons, which…