Military Goes After Turji, ‘Kills His Son’
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have reportedly stormed the location of notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, destroying his food storage facility and killing one of his sons.
This was disclosed on Saturday in a post on X by counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama.
Makama said the attack on Turji’s hitherto unknown location, was carried out by a combined ground and air troops under the Operation Fansan Yanma which dismantled the bandit’s key hideouts in Fakai, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, where Turji and his associates have long operated from.
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“Among the camps targeted were Zangon Dan Gwandi, Zangon Tsaika, Zangon Kagara, and a school reportedly used by Turji to store foodstuffs and weapons. The military burned the school to prevent it from serving as a supply base for Turji’s network,” the report said.
Intelligence sources told the counter-insurgency expert that Turji’s group suffered significant losses.
“We killed his son and many of his fighters during the operation. I also listened to Turji’s panicked voice calling for reinforcements from seven other bandit leaders. None of them showed up, and one of his spies narrowly escaped from us today,” one of the sources said.
A considerable number of Turji’s associates, including “high profile lieutenants and possibly family members”, were said to have been neutralized during the targeted strikes.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
