A Nigerian bandit chief who led the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren has been killed in armed clashes with a rival gang, days after reneging on an amnesty deal with authorities, sources told AFP. Awwalun Daudawa led the abduction of more than 500 students from Government Science Secondary School Kankara last December. x“Daudawa was killed along with four of his commanders Friday afternoon during a gun fight with a rival gang in Dumburum forest on the border with Katsina state,” a Zamfara government official said. x“Daudawa has been killed along with his four commanders during fighting with the men of rival bandits,” a source with deep knowledge on the activities of bandits told AFP. “He was ambushed and gunned down while trying to take away the herd of the rival gang,” said the source.

Source: The Guardian May 01, 2021 07:07 UTC