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JUST IN: Zamfara vigilante operatives kill two most dreaded bandit leaders

A team of vigilante operatives in Zamfara State has killed two most dreaded bandit leaders – Jijji Ɗan Auta and Sagili.

Dan Auta and Sagili were reportedly killed on Wednesday, May 7, in Maikwanugga, a community of Mafara Local Government Area, Zamfara

This was disclosed by Bakatsine, a popular security analyst on X.

According to Bakatsine, the bandit leaders were killed during a gun duel with members of the local security team who had stepped up their efforts in the fight against banditry in communities across the state.

He wrote on X, “Notorious bandit leaders Jijji Ɗan Auta and Sagili have been killed in Maikwanugga today by vigilantes. Maikwanugga is a community in Mafara LGA, Zamfara State.

Both bandit leaders were said to have been linked to several attacks, killing, kidnapping and extortion of residents in Zamfara State and its neighbouring communities.

While authorities are yet to issue an official statement regarding the development, it was gathered that residents of Maikwanugga are already jubilating over the death of the bandit leaders.

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