{"id":102271,"date":"2023-01-02T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T11:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102271"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T11:23:20","slug":"16-dead-as-notorious-terrorist-escapes-militarys-air-raid-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/16-dead-as-notorious-terrorist-escapes-militarys-air-raid-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"16 dead as notorious terrorist escapes military\u2019s air raid in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1753905018069933938\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notorious terrorist, Dankarami, who is also known as Gwaska, has escaped a bombing raid by the Nigerian Air Force with serious injuries after his hideout in Zurmi was bombarded on Saturday morning.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPRNigeria, an online news medium, reported that 16 militants of Mr Dankarami\u2019s gang were killed by the air strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA reliable and impeccable source privy to the modus operandi of the terrorist kingpin has confirmed overhearing the terrorist lamenting on the determination of the military to eliminate him and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was also heard to have complained bitterly on the New Year\u2019s Eve air strikes, which lasted for several hours, killing over 16 of his cohorts and destroying his newly built house as well as his enclave,\u201d the military intelligence operative disclosed to PRNigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force spokesperson, Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the air raid to PRNigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe directive of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, is that there is no hiding place for all terrorists and their supporters wherever they may remain active even as we cross into the New Year,\u201d he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of Zurmi, Nura Kabiru, said he didn\u2019t know the number of those killed but confirmed he saw the Air Force jets hovering around in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll not know how many of them (bandits) killed but I, like many others, saw the jets. Our only concern is that the bandits will now attack more rural communities in retaliation for this (air strikes),\u201d he told PREMIUM TIMES over the phone.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMr Dankarami, who is from the Zurmi Local Government Area in Zamfara, is notorious for terrorising residents of areas in Northern Zamfara and Western Katsina States.<\/p>\n<p>He has carried out a series of attacks on residents of the two states and he is averse to dialogue. He is one of the few terrorist leaders that didn\u2019t accept the peace accord extended to the bandits by the Zamfara State government in 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notorious terrorist, Dankarami, who is also known as Gwaska, has escaped a bombing raid by the Nigerian Air Force with serious injuries after his hideout in Zurmi was bombarded on&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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