BY: Mohammed O. Taoheed
Sola, a notorious bandit leader has been killed by the vigilante members in Batsari town in Katsina State
After cutting his head, the security group danced around the town displaying his severed head.
Track News Nigeria reports that the slain bandit leader was nicknamed “sola” (solar) because he operates in broad daylight.
Efforts of our Correspondent to reach the Police proved abortive as calls were not responded to.
The so-called bandits terrorising northern Nigeria maintain camps in a vast forest, straddling Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states.
A reliable data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project reveals that bandits were responsible for more than 2,600 civilian deaths in 2021.
