Jigawa vigilante killed by alleged bandits

On Tuesday, suspected armed bandits stormed the Fachawa community in Jigawa State’s Ringim local government area, killing a vigilante in the process.

Salisu Usman, the deceased’s son, informed journalists the alleged bandits arrived around 11 p.m. Armed on motorcycles, they ransacked their house “and found their target wasn’t around.”

He told how the crime was perpetrated.

“The three bandits asked me about my father. I told them he went out, they grabbed my phone and scrolled down for his name and called him. They told him to come back home quickly.

“When he came, they started interrogating him about previous arrests of some people in the area.

“They asked him whether he can secure their release from police. He said he didn’t know anything about them, but they insisted he was the one who ‘championed’ the arrest.

“They asked him to deliver his final message to me because they are going to kill him. They subsequently shot him dead and went away,” he said.

The incident was confirmed by the police spokesman in Jigawa, Audu Jinjiri.

The deceased was recognized as Usman Kosau, 50 years old. He said there’s continuing inquiry.

Meanwhile, the chairman Miyetti Allah in Ringim LGA, Mati Isma’il, said the recent arrest of some suspected bandits in the region might be the reason the vigilante was murdered.

He said the presence of “strange people is causing panic among residents in some rural communities.”

Mr Isma’il added that, earlier in this month, the police raided Bidawa village “where many bandits were said to be operating”.

He said during the operation, the police arrested many women and children and recovered a cache of weapons.

“After the operation, there was mixed reaction about the mission of the suspected armed bandits in the state and where they came from. After that, the police also arrested three suspected armed bandits in Ringim. We strongly suspect that, the killing of the vigilante group leader has a connection with the recent arrest of the trio,” Mr Isma’il said.

Earlier, Bala Senchi, the Jigawa police commissioner, verified Ringim’s latest police operation.

After the raid, he said the police retrieved weapons, “all the women and children of the suspected gunmen are under police protective custody”.

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