A notorious bandit commander known as ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ has met his end, the Kaduna State government announced Friday.
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said the bandit was neutralised “after an era of terrorising citizens and evading security forces.”
He explained in a press release that the development was made known in an operational feedback from security agencies.
The commissioner also released a blurred photograph of the neutralised bandit leader whose real name is not yet known.
Aruwan said: “Painstaking investigations revealed atrocities he carried out with impunity in hard-to-reach locations.”
Dogo Maikasuwa, also known as ‘Dogo Maimillion’, was said to have led a series of attacks and kidnappings of citizens plying the Kaduna-Kachia road and in communities within Chikun and Kajuru Local Government Areas.
“He was one of the deadliest bandits leading other elements in terrorising citizens of these general areas,” Aruwan said.
According to human intelligence sources, he was always dressed in green camouflage military fatigues and wielding an AK47 rifle.
He said: “Such was his appearance during the duel with security forces which ultimately consumed him.
“It was also gleaned that he led his bandits to engage in operations with cruelty, often killing kidnapped victims when ransoms were delayed or considered meager.
“In his final stand, the notorious bandit, in the company of his foot soldiers, ran into an ambush laid by operatives in a forest in the Gengere-Kaso general area, around the Chikun and Kajuru boundaries.
“The security forces, after the fierce battle, successfully neutralised the bandit leader and recovered one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, five rounds of ammunition, two motorcycles and one set of camouflage military fatigues.
“The other bandits escaped with gun wounds.
“It was further gathered that one of them died from injuries sustained in the fierce battle, with his remains carried away by other fleeing elements.”
The state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, reportedly received the feedback with gratitude and commended the personnel for their bravery in the fierce battle against the bandits.
