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| Pictures Of Northern Governors Posing With Associate Of Bandits’ Leader, Turji Raise Suspicion |
| 2022-01-21 |
| [SaharaReporters] Some photographs taken in the recent past showing two governors and an associate of notorious bandidos’ kingpin, Bello Turji, standing together have raised dusts. In the picture with the suspect, Musa Kamarawa, who has confessed to working with Turji, are the governors of Zamfara and Sokoto, Bello Matawalle and Aminu Tambuwal, and the deputy governor of Sokoto, Mannir Dan Iyya. Zamfara and Sokoto are two of the North-west states under attacks by bandidos in which hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced. SaharaReporters last week Friday reported that Kamarawa, nephew to former Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, was arrested by the police and detained in Abuja over links to bandidos and their leaders. Kamarawa was arrested in September 2021 but the video of his questioning by the police only appeared online a few weeks ago. Under interrogation, Kamarawa said he had known Turji for long. "Turji is my bosom friend, we are always in touch and we seek each other’s advice on our operations most of the time," the suspect said. He said the notorious bandidos’ kingpin had over 100 armed guards around him and named those supplying Turji with shoes, military camouflage uniforms, drugs and other materials. Kamarawa, who is from Isa local government area of Sokoto State, has extensive knowledge of communities and forests in Sokoto East and Zamfara North, especially villages bordering Shinkafi (in Zamfara) and Isa (in Sokoto). Kamarawa was among those first contacted by Mr Matawalle after he was declared governor in 2019, to facilitate a peace accord with bandidos, Premium Times reports. A source at the Zamfara Government House, who is also a Special Adviser to the governor, said Kamarawa was referred to by the governor when the peace accord was being initiated. "Though Bello Turji didn’t accept the peace accord, there were a lot of bandidos who turned in their guns and ammunition through Musa (Kamarawa). "We didn’t know he had interest in them and was working for them because he was always advising us to expand our peace talks. You can attest to the fact that several weapons and bandidos were here (Gusau) and we witnessed peace for some time," said the official who requested not to be named because he did not have permission to speak to journalists. Police React To Relocation Of Bandits’ Kingpin, Bello Turji To Kwara State [SaharaReporters] The Kwara State Police Command has said claims that the fleeing Zamfara State bandidos kingpin, Bello Turji, has relocated to an unidentified forest in the state, are untrue. Spokesman of the command, Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin on Wednesday, said it was necessary to clarify the claims to diffuse the tension already created in the minds of the public by the statement by a Federal politician in the House of Representatives claiming the kingpin and his gang had relocated to an unidentified forest in Kwara State. "However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... the statement by the politician did not reveal the source or veracity of its assertion," the police front man noted, assuring that "Kwara State is safe and secure." Okasanmi said "All the boundaries, both local and international within the state have been well and massively policed by both the police and the military. "Vigilante and local hunters are working tirelessly with security agents to ensure our forests are well monitored and protected," he added. He disclosed that the state Police Commissioner, Tuesday Assayomo, had directed a 24-hour patrol of all entry and exit points to the state, while tactical units had been re-energised with the provision of additional patrol vehicles and other needed tools and incentives to aid their performance. The commissioner also advised the public to make information of strange movements and activities around them available to the security agencies at all times. Recall that the news of the bandidos’ kingpin, Bello Turji and his gang went viral to the effect that he had relocated to Kwara State, following the onslaught by security forces on their hideouts in Zamfara State, recently. Related: Bello Turji: 2022-01-05 Police Storm Bandits Den In Zamfara, Rescue Two-month-old Baby, 96 Other Victims Bello Turji: 2022-01-04 Bandits’ Top Commander, Bello Turji Releases 52 Abducted Victims In Zamfara Bello Turji: 2021-12-19 Nigerian Troops Neutralise Scores Of Bandits, Injure Many In Sokoto |
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