{"id":89628,"date":"2021-12-08T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89628"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:19:05","slug":"insecurity-fresh-emissary-visits-bandits-warlord-turji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/insecurity-fresh-emissary-visits-bandits-warlord-turji\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Fresh Emissary Visits Bandits\u2019 Warlord, Turji"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1718574930969259423\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disturbed by incessant attacks around Shinkafi in Zamfara State, especially targeting travellers plying the road linking Gusau to Sabon Birni, in Sokoto State, a fresh emissary has been dispatched to meet with the bandits\u2019 warlord, Turji.<\/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\">\nIn early November, Turji had turned back a delegation from Shinkafi, who reportedly went to him to appeal for peace.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA resident of Shinkafi, Alhaji Ali Mamman, said there had been incessant attacks on the major road since the airstrike, which killed parents and other family members of Turji\u2019s associate, Dan Bokkolo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com had reported how the military bombarded bandits\u2019 hideouts in the North West.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks have been on for days, with a resident telling our correspondent that the gunmen were carrying out sometimes up to three attacks daily.<\/p>\n<p>He said residents of the area however felt relieved after deployment of more troops on Monday.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com learnt that the delegation left Shinkafi Monday afternoon for the rendezvous. The outcome of their mission is, however, unknown as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the delegation are people from Halilu\u2019s camp. It appears Halilu is now amenable to dialogue and seems to be working with some officials to bring around others to pipe down,\u201d said a security source in Gusau.<\/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>Disturbed by incessant attacks around Shinkafi in Zamfara State, especially targeting travellers plying the road linking Gusau to Sabon Birni, in Sokoto State, a fresh emissary has been dispatched to&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":85656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89628","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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