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Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin
Kwara State Government has disclosed that the arrowhead of the kidnap pack troubling the state, popularly known arsenic “Maidawa,” has been killed with his “footsoldiers” successful the ongoing airstrikes by the Nigeria Air Force successful the heavy forests astir Isanlu-Isin and the neighbouring Kogi state.
Chief property caput to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaiye, disclosed this successful a property connection connected Thursday.
According to the statement, “Communications intercepted from the marauding kidnappers revealed that a notorious kidnapper known arsenic Maidawa and galore of his ft soldiers person been eliminated successful an brushwood with associated information forces astir Isanlu-Isin successful Kwara State.”
It added that “the engagement occurred connected September 30 arsenic information forces pressed guardant the cognition to rout the criminals, according to an intercept by the authorities information service.
“The quality of Maidawa’s decease was breached to different pack members by different wanted kidnapper, Baccujo, astir Igboro-Idofin roadworthy during a speech with his associates successful faraway Marabar Maigora, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State.
“Security forces, spurred by caller calls of the authorities authorities for urgent interventions, person ratcheted up the efforts to dislodge the kidnappers who often motorboat cowardly attacks connected civilian populations and abduct radical for ransom.”
It stated further that the operations are phased to screen each country wherever incidents person been recorded successful caller weeks, including Ekiti, Ifelodun, Isin, Edu, and Patigi.
Recall that the past Sunday greeting onslaught by the bandits connected Oke-Ode, which claimed the lives of astatine slightest eleven wood guards and different natives, with others abducted successful the operation, triggered the ongoing onslaught by the NAF and the subject to combat bandits and kidnappers to a standstill successful the state.
The station Kwara Govt confirms decease of notorious kidnap kingpin Maidawa successful NAF airstrikes appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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