Defence
THE report that the most dangerous mass killer and terror mastermind: Dogo Gide, a notorious bandit commander in the country’s North West, has apparently been killed, has been received with applause and approval by the prominent civil rights advocacy group: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) which has called on Nigerians to support the war on terror by the armed forces of Nigeria especially as there are credible proof of commitment to the war effort.
HURIWA recalled that mallam Bashir Ahmad, a former presidential assistant, and a journalist confirmed this in a message on Wednesday morning on his official X Twitter.
Ahmad stated Gide died from gunshot wounds sustained during a skirmish with the Nigerian Army’s Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) forces.
He wrote: “Woke up to the good news that Dogo Gide, has finally kicked the bucket. The notorious bandits leader died from gunshot wounds sustained during a confrontation with Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) forces.”
Gide, one of Nigeria’s most wanted bandits, is responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of thousands of innocent villagers and the displacement of even more in the North.
It was learned that his operational headquarters rotate among states in the North West, especially Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Katsina.
HURIWA recalled that on October 30, 2023, Gide escaped death and capture following a fierce battle with Nigerian troops when they stormed his strongholds in Zamfara State in a surprise operation.
He managed to bolt after a military operation targeted his enclaves at Dansadau, Mai Tukunya and Babban Doka villages in Zamfara state.
A military source had told The Daily Times, which was embedded in the operation, that the kingpin sustained serious gunshot injuries.
”He was hit in various parts of his body. Bleeding profusely, he escaped by the skin of his teeth,” the source said.
”Apparently, he was not expecting the Nigerian Army in his fortress. But we are the formidable Nigerian Army, and we can go anywhere we want. It was a tough battle. He and his extremely violent foot soldiers put up stiff resistance, but in the end, we are the Nigerian Army –and we overcame them.
He was bleeding with gunshot wounds in several parts of his body. He narrowly escaped into the bushes and forests, but I doubt he will survive the wounds, except by some trick of fate.”
Sources further said that the troops breached Gide’s Yau Sarkin Pawa residence, searched the house and destroyed it.
“The feat was achieved on 30th October, 2023, when the Special Forces troops of OPHD conducted a fighting patrol following credible information received on terrorist activities at Sangeko forest in Kebbi state where the troops promptly responded and engaged the terrorists in an intense firefight,” the sources added.
Items recovered included a tailoring factory for sewing various military and other security agencies’ uniforms, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), a mini pharmacy suspected to be used for the treatment of wounded terrorists and five operational motorcycles and sewing machines, among others.
These were set ablaze instantly by the Special Forces personnel.
Reacting to this epochal news, the frontline civil rights advocacy group:HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) through Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko the National Coordinator, said that the lesson from this singular achievement in the war on terror is that there is now an empirical evidence that the armed forces of Nigeria have actually started providing convincing evidence of a practical commitment to implement holistic strategic approaches to scale down on the heightened state of insecurity in the Country just as the Rights group said the Armed forces must continue to wage determined war against terrorists even as the Rights group stated that it will continue to criticise the war efforts when the need arises and commend the armed forces whenever credible evidence of good result emerges from the war on terror in Nigeria.”
“We are well aware that the war on terror is far from being won. The activities of daredevil terrorists have expanded and so many of our children have suffered mass abductions.
Many villages in the North West are still being attacked. So this is not to say that the war has ended. But the killing of this dreaded terrorists is a great stride by the armed forces of Nigeria and we are commending president Tinubu, the chief of Defence staff General Christopher Gwabin Musa and the Service chiefs and we are challenging them to keep working as a United front to defeat the terrorists as soon as possible and return stability and security to Nigeria.”
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-March 27, 2024 @ 17:58 GMT|
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