{"id":121443,"date":"2025-08-14T19:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121443"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:53:49","slug":"dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#8217;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that notorious bandit, Bello Turji, has surrendered to the Nigerian military, amid claims by prominent Islamic clerics that the terrorist commander recently entered into a peace agreement and released hostages.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made it clear that the military was not part of any negotiations and has no record of Turji&#8217;s formal surrender.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cContrary to circulating reports, Turji has not surrendered to the military. We are aware of certain local peace efforts, but these are outside the official framework,\u201d Kangye stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clarification comes after respected Islamic cleric, Sheikh Musa Yusuf, popularly known as Asadus-Sunnah told worshippers during a religious gathering in Kaduna on Monday that Turji had recently released 32 kidnapped victims and handed over a cache of weapons to clerics as part of a peace initiative.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Sheikh Yusuf, the release followed three separate meetings held in July with Turji and his key lieutenants Dan Bakkolo, Black, Kanawa, and Malam Ila within the Fakai forest in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that the freed hostages included women and children, some of whom had spent up to four months in captivity. One woman reportedly gave birth while in detention, while another suffered a snakebite.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cleric also revealed that the terrorists surrendered arms in three phases to signal commitment to the peace process. As part of the agreement, farmers in the Shinkafi area have reportedly been allowed to return to their farmlands without fear, while Fulani residents were assured of protection from vigilante attacks or profiling.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur objective is gradual disarmament and lasting dialogue. Attacking Turji on social media could derail this fragile peace,\u201d Sheikh Yusuf warned, urging caution in public commentary about the development.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that a full disarmament was not requested from Turji in order to avoid leaving him vulnerable to rival armed factions who are not part of the peace talks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the military distances itself from the reported deal, Kangye reiterated the armed forces&#8217; commitment to ongoing kinetic and non-kinetic operations in the North West, emphasizing that any form of negotiation must follow official security channels.<\/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>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that notorious bandit, Bello Turji, has surrendered to the Nigerian military, amid claims by prominent Islamic clerics that the terrorist&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":40338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121443","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DHQ Dismisses Turji&#039;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#039;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Lizzy Chirkpi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that notorious bandit, Bello Turji, has surrendered to the Nigerian military, amid claims by prominent Islamic clerics that the terrorist&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#8217;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\",\"name\":\"DHQ Dismisses Turji's Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#8217;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DHQ Dismisses Turji's Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DHQ Dismisses Turji's Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News","og_description":"By Lizzy Chirkpi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that notorious bandit, Bello Turji, has surrendered to the Nigerian military, amid claims by prominent Islamic clerics that the terrorist&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#8217;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact","datePublished":"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/"},"wordCount":383,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/","name":"DHQ Dismisses Turji's Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-14T18:53:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dhq.jpg","width":750,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dhq-dismisses-turjis-alleged-surrender-rejects-unofficial-peace-pact\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DHQ Dismisses Turji&#8217;s Alleged Surrender, Rejects Unofficial Peace Pact"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121444,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121443\/revisions\/121444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}