Dogo Gide bandit faction ‘foils ambush by Boko Haram, kills 20’ in Niger

Notorious banditry kingpin Dogo Gide said his terrorist group foiled an ambush by a Boko Haram faction led by Mallam Sadiku, killing 20 fighters of the insurgents.

Local sources familiar with the incident told PREMIUM TIMES the terrorists clashed in the Kwaki-Chukuba area of Shiroro LGA, Niger State, where Mr Gide’s mother resides.

“It happened last Thursday in Kwaki,” a source whose identity has been withheld for security reasons told our reporter.

Another source working closely with security forces confirmed this, although he could not give the exact date of the incident.

Named at birth as Abubakar Abdullahi, Mr Gide recently relocated back to his stronghold in Niger State following the ongoing military offensives against terrorists in northern Nigeria.

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