NOTORIOUS BANDIT KNOWN FOR MASTERMINDING SEVERAL CRIMINAL ACTS KILLED IN KADUNA FOREST
Security Operatives in Kaduna have confirmed the killing of a notorious bandit identified as Nasiru Kachalla.
In a statement on Monday by Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Homeland Affairs, the assailant has been on the run for masterminding several criminal acts, including kidnappings, killings, cattle rustling and banditry.
He revealed that Kachalla was killed in a clash between his gang and a rival group of bandits.
Aruwan said that 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 areas of Kaduna Central senatorial district. A dispute over a large herd of rustled cattle is said to have triggered the fatal confrontation.
“Kachalla and his gang were involved in several crimes, including kidnappings, killings and banditry on the Kaduna-Abuja road and also in the Chikun/Kajuru general areas
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“He was the mastermind of the 9th January 2020 kidnapping of seminarians of Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaduna, and the 24th January 2020 kidnapping of Mrs Bola Ataga and her two children. The criminals later killed one of the seminarians, Michael Nnadi, and Mrs Ataga before releasing her children," he said.
The Commissioner also noted that Kachalla’s criminal gang was responsible for the kidnap of six students and two teachers of Engravers College, in Kakau village of Chikun local Government on 3rd October 2019.
He added that while Kachalla was being pursued, security operatives arrested three members of his gang; Tukur Usman, Shehu Bello and Mustapha Mohammed in April 2020 as you can see in the attached picture.
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