Operatives of the anti-kidnapping team of the Nigerian Police, with the support of local vigilantes, on Monday killed a notorious terrorists’ leader, Jauro Daji, in Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria.
They also killed several other terrorists loyal to Daji in the Kontagora axis of the State.
The joint operation by the Police and the vigilantes also recovered 10 motorcycles from the criminals who have been terrorising the people of the area.
The Police, according to sources, acted on credible intelligence and ambushed the bandits, eliminating Daji, alongside his ‘boys’, who were trying to cross a stream in the bush, for a kidnapping operation at an isolated community.
A source noted that “it was the combined team of policemen and local vigilantes that killed Jauro Daji and score of his bandits who were on a mission to abduct innocent persons at a village.
“The notorious Jauro Daji who is suspected to be involved in attacks on villages and schools led other armed bandits in large numbers on motorcycles.
“The operation was successfully executed on Monday between Gulbin Boka to Dogon Fadama area under Kontagora Local Government Area. We also recovered ten motorcycles.
“We have recruited the services of local divers to retrieve the weapons some bandits who escaped with their corpses threw into the river.”
