Bandit kingpin Auwalu gunned down in Kaduna

A bandit kingpin simply identified arsenic Kachallah Auwalu has been killed during a convulsive clash betwixt rival equipped groups successful Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

A counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this successful a station connected X.

Makama stated that the clash occurred connected April 18 astatine astir 1635 hrs successful the Maganda wide area, a known wood corridor linked to repeated equipped radical activities successful the region.

According to him, Kachallah Auwalu was reportedly a salient fig wrong 1 of the equipped factions operating nether a rival network, with alleged power implicit activities successful Maganda, Kuyello, and Dogon Dawa axis.

He added that the clash was portion of an interior confrontation betwixt competing equipped groups, which has continued to escalate wrong forested settlements successful the area.

“The warring remained ongoing astatine the clip of filing the report, with unconfirmed indications that further casualties whitethorn person been recorded among the equipped elements involved.

“Troops nether Sector 1 of Operation Fansan Yamma person been placed connected alert and tasked with monitoring the concern closely, with directives to instrumentality vantage of emerging opportunities to neutralise equipped elements and forestall further escalation,” helium said.