A dreaded well known bandit leader popularly known as ’Solar’ in Kastina State has been killed.
The notorious bandit kingpin, who for a while had been terrorizing Batsari town in Kastina, met his downfall in the hands of Special Forces of Civilians Joint Task Force Vigilante Group on Friday in the state.
The deceased terrorist leader was nicknamed ‘ Solar’ due to his broad daylight operation in the Jibia and Batsari communities.Solar is said to be in control of the armed bandits disturbing Northern Nigeria, where he had carried out series of unnumbered abductions.
in a bloody video that aired online, the vigilante group were seen patrolling the local community with the cut off head of the dreaded bandit in whole jubilee before depositing it at the Emir’s palace.Several states in the North-west geopolitical zone including Zamfara, katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna have become the breeding grounds of banditry in the country.
Early in January, the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir, declared that the only way to end the nuisance of banditry terrorizing katsina and the country at large is by “killing bandits “ whenever they are caught. He said:
”I am really troubled, so is our governor here but I am very happy now that they have been officially declared terrorist.So, you catch and kill them. That is the only solution since disloguing with them has failed .”
In speaking against banditry in the community, the Emir told vice President Yemi Osinbanjo during a visit to katsina, “How can someone kill 20 to 30 persons and be taken to the correction centre? It will not augur well if he comes out , he will go back to his old ways.”
