Troops kill notorious bandit leader ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ in Kaduna, says Commissioner
Security forces have killed a notorious bandit commander, who’s popularly referred to as Dogo Maikasuwa during an operation in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.
Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, made this confirmation in a statement released on Friday in Kaduna.
“After an era of terror and evading security forces, the Kaduna State Government can authoritatively report that the notorious bandit commander known as Dogo Maikasuwa has met his end.
“This action was made known in an operational feedback from security agencies.
“Painstaking investigations revealed the atrocities he carried out with impunity in hard-to-reach locations.
“Dogo Maikasuwa, also known as ‘Dogo Maimillion led series of attacks and kidnappings of citizens on the Kaduna-Kachia Road, and in communities within Chikun and Kajuru Local Government Areas,” he said.
The commissioner revealed that the deceased bandit was one of the deadliest ones who motivated and encouraged other criminal elements to perpetrate terror in the affected communities.
The commissioner also said Maikasuwa always puts on green camouflage military dresses and possessed an AK47 rifle.
“Such was his appearance during the duel with security forces which ultimately consumed him.
“Maikasuwa led his bandits to engage in operations with cruelty, often killing kidnapped victims when ransoms are 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, “he said.
Aruwan added that the security forces after the confrontational engagement with the bandits were able to successfully eliminate the bandit leader and retrieved one magazine, one AK-47 rifle, two motorcycles, five rounds of ammunition 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, “Aruwan said.
The commissioner said Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, got the feedback with sense of appreciation and thanked the officers for their unrelenting efforts to put an end to banditry in the state.
