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Many Dead As Bandits Launch Fresh Attack On Sokoto Village

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Armed bandits executed a brutal attack on Nasarawa Gabas, a locality in the Dunkawa region of Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto State, pillaging food supplies and various valuable belongings from the homes of residents.

Eyewitnesses stated that during the late hours of Friday night, the assailant, wielding a rifle, approached various houses, compelling residents to surrender bags of food and other supplies.

Sources informed Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism expert in lake Chad region that the same bandit reportedly stayed overnight in the adjacent community of Idi.

Following the development, residents are worried about additional assaults in the region.

In ither news, there are indications that notorious bandit leader Bello Turji has established a new base.

The base is reportedly located in the Indaduwa Forest, approximately three kilometres northwest of the village of Bula, near the boundaries of Gundumi, Galadi, Maradun, and Raba in Sokoto State.

Zagazola Makama, a counterterrorism and insurgency expert in the Lake Chad Basin, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Sunday. He noted that the gang’s activities extend to areas bordering Galadi, Maradun, Gundumi, and Raba.

Makama stated that the new base, reportedly formed three weeks ago, has been linked to recent attacks in the region, including the blockade of the Isa-Marnona road.

He added that an ambush targeting security personnel on the Gundumi-Isa Road on December 21 was allegedly carried out by operatives from Turji’s new base.

According to the security expert, more than 40 individuals are currently believed to be held captive by Turji’s group in the Indaduwa Forest.

Makama explained that ransom payments are allegedly facilitated through informants stationed in Marnona and Gidan Rana near the Gundumi-Isa Road. Survivors recently freed from captivity reportedly confirmed the gang’s operations in the area.

 

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