Dogogide, it was gathered, had also accused his boys of going against their operational rules, by killing villagers indiscriminately and raping married women, and therefore decided to summon them for a meeting.
PEGASUS REPORTERS
The was mayhem in the den of bandits in the northern forest on Friday in Kusasu Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state, when a group of bandits engaged one another in a gun battle, leading to the death of no fewer than 12 of them while scores were seriously injured according to a report from Idomavoice.com
Many others escaped for their lives, leaving their camp in Kusasu in complete disarray as members of the community watched with disbelief.
According to the report, the internal fight among the criminals followed a sharp disagreement between the boys and their leader, popularly referred to as Mallam Dogogide who had accused his boys of shortchanging him after operations.
Mallam Dogogide is one of the leaders of the three notorious bandits groups operating within Shiroro Local government in Niger and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State.
Dogogide, it was gathered, had also accused his boys of going against their operational rules, by killing villagers indiscriminately and raping married women, and therefore decided to summon them for a meeting.
During the meeting, he was said to have dispossessed cache of ammunition from his boys, threatening to sack them and recruit new hands for “their disloyalty” to him and operational rules.
According to sources, Dogogide’s action did not go down well with his boys which led to a heated argument and in the process. One of his boys attempted to kill him by opening fire on him, but the bullets were said to miss the boss or could not penetrate his body.
It was at this point that Dogogide and a few loyal ones opened fire and gun down 12 of the “disgruntled ones” while others escaped for their lives.
A reliable source in the community told our correspondent that after the shooting, the bandits came to the community, abducted 10 people to help them bury their colleagues that were killed.
The Villagers were however released after the burial with a stern warning not to disclose the incident to the public.
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