BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the death of notorious banditry and kidnapping kingpin terrorising Kaduna-Abuja highway and other parts of Kaduna State, Nasiru Kachalla.
The government said Kachalla was killed alongside other bandits during a deadly exchanges involving his criminal gang and a rival group of bandits.
Confirming the development yesterday, Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, described Kachalla as the mastermind and leader of the gang that abducted four Seminarians and killed one of them in January 2020
The Commissioner said in a statement that; “Security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government the killing of a notorious bandit, Nasiru Kachalla.”
According to the statement by Aruwan; “Kachalla, who had been on the run for masterminding several criminal acts, including kidnappings, killings, cattle rustling and banditry, was killed in a clash between his gang and a rival group of bandits.
“Human intelligence networks confirmed that criminals from the rival sides were also killed, including some of Kachalla’s lieutenants.
“The clash occurred in a forest around the boundaries of Kajuru-Chikun Local Government in Kaduna Central Senatorial District.”
“A dispute over a large herd of rustled cattle is said to have triggered the fatal confrontation”, the statement said
