A newly surfaced video shows three Nigerian soldiers boldly challenging a notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, who is responsible for numerous violent attacks across northern Nigeria.
The soldiers expressed their frustration at the lack of orders from higher authorities to pursue Turji and instead issued a direct challenge, urging him to leave his hiding place and confront them.
In the video, which was primarily spoken in Hausa, one of the soldiers stated, “Since they have refused to order us to come for you, come out from your hideout and let’s face each other and see what happens.”
The soldiers further taunted Turji, questioning his bravery: “Bello Turji, if you think you’re truly a man and the son of your mother, come out and face us.”
They condemned Turji’s actions, pleading with him to stop harming civilians: “For Allah’s sake, stop kidnapping and killing civilians; they are innocent.”
The soldiers highlighted their past successes in combat, recalling…