Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, has revealed the identity of a bandit he said, is responsible for the bloodletting in Zamfara State.
Revealing the identity of the leader of group, he gave his name as Kachalla Turji, Chief Fani-Kayode said he’s the leader of a notorious banditry group operating along the Shinkafi-Sokoto axis in the north.
According to Fani-Kayode, “the sooner he is sent to his maker and the fires of hell, the better”.
“This is Turji Kachalla, leader of the terrorists that are butchering and kidnapping people in Zamfara. He is evil. He has destroyed many lives and has much blood on his hands. He leads thousands of brutal terrorists. The sooner he is sent to his maker and the fires of hell the better,” Fani-Kayode wrote on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday.
This same Turji met with popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi in Zamfara forests in February. Turji was masked during the meeting.
Gumi and his entourage met with Turji at Makkai forest, said to be under the firm control of the armed Fulani herdsmen.
Turji’s men were said to number more than 600, majority of them with automatic rifles.
After the meeting, it was reported that bandits expressed frustration at government attitude towards them.
