Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Dogo Umaru, a key terrorist-kingpin, loyal to the notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji has been killed in air bombardments carried out by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets.
PRNigeria reports that no fewer than 40 other bandits were killed using two aircraft authorized by the military command.
The order to go after Dogo Umaru and his cohorts came after it was confirmed that they orchestrated a series of ‘gruesome’ attacks on Magama Village in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State.
The group is also responsible for recent attacks that led to the death of the Magama Divisional Police Officer (DPO), while a soldier was wounded.
PRNigeria sources said the late kingpin and his foot soldiers have been known to stage their attacks on surrounding villages from a nearby school, Tsamben Dantambara Primary School, which has since been deserted.
“One of the aircraft engaged the terrorists in successive passes, while the second one equally mopped-up fleeing Terrorists,” he said.
Local sources residing near Tsamben Babare village revealed that 42 terrorists were eliminated in the NAF airstrikes, including Dogo Umaru.
An intelligence officer of the Nigerian Army said the military troops and men of other security agencies have intensified their operation in various theatres in the Northwest, recently.
“Last week, strikes by a NAF aircraft and combat operations of the ground troops in Kaduna and Niger States eliminated scores of terrorists near the Nigerian Defence Academy and along Shadadi-Maundu respectively”.
