Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have neutralised a wanted bandits’ leader, Halilu Sububu.
He was reportedly killed on Thursday in an ambush by the troops in Kwaren Kirya, a community under Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State
Halilu Sububu was a citizen of Niger Republic but resident in a forest of Zamfara State, and often escaped to the Niger Republic after operating in Nigeria.
Sububu was notorious gunrunner who allegedly owned a thriving illegal gold mining operation in Bagega and other communities around Sumke forest in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Sububu had a camp on the western side of Bagega and controlled communities and all mining sites in the area.
He was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in May this year.
In a coordinated operation by the combined troops of sector one, Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji, the notorious bandits’ leader was killed alongside his 50 fighters.
