KADUNA State Government on Friday said security forces have ambushed and neutralised a notorious bandit commander known as ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ responsible for terrorising Kaduna-Kachia road, Chikun and Igabi councils.
The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said in a statement that security agencies reported his death to the state government, adding that, “after an era of terrorising citizens and evading security forces, notorious bandit commander known as ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ has met his end.”
Aruwan said painstaking investigations revealed atrocities that he carried out with impunity in hard to reach locations.
The commissioner added that the bandit and his gang ran into an ambush laid by security forces and after a fierce battle, they successfully neutralised the bandit leader in the Gengere-Kaso general area, around the Chikun and Kajuru boundaries and recovered one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, five rounds of ammunition, two motorcycles and one set of camouflage military fatigues.