Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed door with security chiefs on Thursday several bandits were neutralised as notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, narrowly escaped.
The president had on Thursday, during the National Security Council meeting in Abuja, in the course of the week, commended security agencies on recent feats achieved in taming issues of banditry and kidnapping in the country.
The president, who presided over the meeting, however, charged the security agencies to consolidate on the gains so far achieved on or before December.
Buhari had earlier given a marching order to the security chiefs to go after and wipe out all forms of terrorism in the country, especially banditry and kidnapping.
NAN reliably learnt that at least 12 fighters, and relatives of the notorious terror kingpin, Mr Turji, were killed in an air raid by the Nigerian Air Force on his hideout in the Fakai community of Shinkafi area on Saturday afternoon.
The affected terrorists, who were believed to be attending the naming ceremony of a child at Mr Turji’s house, were caught unawares by the bombardment of the air force.
NAN reports that several other terrorists were reported killed at the weekend following in-fighting between two terrorist groups in the Northeast zone of the country.
