Reprisal Attack: Bandits Kill 11 Soldiers in Birnin Gwari

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – In what looks like a daring reprisal attack, bandits loyal to the assassinated gang leader Buharin Daji, on Tuesday night killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

A source who is conversant with the development said the heavily-armed bandits stormed a military post at Doka, an area between Funtua and Birnin Gwari and killed the soldiers on the spot whose bodies have been deposited in a mortuary.

It was further gathered that the bandits had earlier attacked Maganda District in the afternoon on a revenge mission over the killing of their leader Buhari Tsoho during which nine members of security volunteer groups were badly injured.

After Maganda, the Armed bandits moved towards Kampanin Doka at the junction road leading to Gwaska and Dansadau and launched another deadly attack leading to the death of the soldiers.

One of the leaders of security volunteer groups in the town, said that the community notified the Kaduna State government more than a week of strange movements of bandits in Birnin Gwari through Funtua-Dansadau axis but no action was taken.

According to the voluteer: “With the killing of the bandit commander Buhari Daji at Nabango area of Birnin-Gwari local government of Kaduna State about 16 kilometers to Dansadau in Zamfara state, there were strange movements of some of the armed men in the area.

“Suspicious of their movements with sophisticated weapons around Goron Dutse, Kuiga, Maganda, Unguwar Nachibi communities, we immediately sent alerts and warning signals to Kaduna state government to take action.

“In fact since the killing of Buharin Daji, kidnappers have been having field days along Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road on a daily basis. “Some villagers being terrorized by armed bandits in Kirazo and Layin Mai Gwari had to relocate to Birnin-Gwari town.

“Surprisingly, shortly afterwards some soldiers that were earlier deployed for ‘Operation Karamin Goro’ in Birnin-Gwari were withdrawn, we have been under intense fear of this armed bandits and have called for proactive government protection before the latest killing of soldiers.”