By Attah Ede
Notorious banditry kingpin Dogo Gide , on Friday, said his terrorist group foiled an ambush by a Boko Haram faction led by Mallam Sadiku, killing 20 fighters of their members.
According to source from the area, the bandits tried to ambush themselves in the Kwaki-Chukuba area of Shiroro LGA, Niger State, where Mr Gide’s mother resides.
The source who spoke on condition of anonymity, said security forces confirmed this to him .
Named at birth as Abubakar Abdullahi, Mr Gide recently relocated back to his stronghold in Niger State following the ongoing military offensives against terrorists in northern Nigeria.
Mr Gide, had been repeatedly rumoured killed by the Nigerian military.
But he spoke in a three-minute video shared by Zagazola Makama, a security analyst with an understanding of insurgency in the North-east.
“These are the guns and RPGs we seized from Mallam Sadiku,” Mr Gide said behind the camera, showing the booties allegedly taken from the clash.
“They ambushed us, but I want you [Mallam Sadiku] to know that only one of us was injured, but we seized 10 guns from you, including an RPG and an identity card from your men,”
“From your men shows that the Nigerian government is sponsoring you people to kill us but God has exposed you.”
Mr Gide accused the Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction of lying in claiming to be fighting a holy war (Jihad).
