Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has set free over 100 captives as part of a renewed peace initiative in Zamfara State. Security sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, that the release followed ongoing dialogue and confidence-building efforts led by community leaders under the North West Operation Safe Corridor peace process. The victims ranging from…
Following a series of meetings with some Islamic clerics in his hideout, Bello Turji, Zamfara terrorism kingpin, has reportedly released 32 kidnapped persons, while also agreeing to stop attacking farmers Musa Yusuf, a cleric popularly known as Asadus-Sunnah, disclosed the development at a religious gathering on Monday in Kaduna, saying Turji also surrendered some of…
War weary bandit leader, Bello Turji, says he is ready to surrender to the Nigerian authorities in a peace deal that will guarantee him and his foot soldiers safety. In a video that has gone viral online, Bello Turji, said enough of the killings of the innocent masses, which he claimed were carried out by…
After the death of his cousin and top field commander, Kachalla Yellow Danbokolo, notorious bandit leader Bello Turji is reportedly making moves toward peace. Turji is one of the most wanted terror leaders in Nigeria’s North West, blamed for countless attacks across Zamfara, Sokoto, and Katsina states. Sources reveal that Danbokolo, who was recently killed…
There are indications that no fewer than 100 people were reportedly killed on Monday following a fierce confrontation between foot soldiers loyal to notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, and members of the Zamfara Civilian Protection Guard (CPG), near Cida village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to local sources, the CPG, supported…
The troops from Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, operating under Operation Fansan Yamma, have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Shamsiyya Ahadu, suspected of serving as an ammunition courier for criminal elements. This was announced in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, Ms Ahadu was arrested on December 28 alongside her accomplice, a…
