Troops storm terrorist leader Turji’s hideout, kill son, destroys facilities

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By Umar Pindiga

Nigerian Army (NA) operatives have stormed the hideout of notorious wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, killed his son and destroyed his food storage facility.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, confirmed the development in a post on X.

“Among the camps targeted were Zangon Dan Gwandi, Zangon Tsaika, Zangon Kagara, and a school reportedly used by Turji to store foodstuffs and weapons.

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“The military burned the school to prevent it from serving as a supply base for Turji’s network,” the report said.

Makama said the attack on Turji’s hitherto unknown location, was carried out by a combined ground and air troops.

The troops’ mission, which was carried out under “Operation Fansan Yanma”, dismantled the bandit’s key hideouts in Fakai, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara, where Turji and his associates have long operated from.

Intelligence sources told the counter-insurgency expert that Turji’s group suffered significant losses.

“We killed his son and many of his fighters during the operation.

“I also listened to Turji’s panicked voice calling for reinforcements from seven other bandit leaders.

“None of them showed up, and one of his spies narrowly escaped from us today,” one of the sources said.

A considerable number of Turji’s associates, including “high profile lieutenants and possibly family members”, were said to have been neutralized during the targeted strikes.

It would be recalled that the Military High Command had earlier described Turji as a “dead man walking”.

Turji is a notorious terrorist and bandit leader operating in the North-West, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger states.

He said the troops had sustained pressure on the terrorist enclaves, hideouts, and strongholds as an incentive to speedily defeat the terrorists and hastily end the war.

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