The most notorious bandit leader terrorising communities in Niger State, well known as Jack Bros Yellow, has been arrested by the Nigerian Army.
The suspect was said to have been terrorising the communities in three local government areas of the state.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the Army arrested the notorious bandit leader in one of the forests between Shiroro and Rafi local government areas of Niger State.
The military is yet to make the arrest public as of the time of writing this report.
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However, a source close to one of the communities disclosed that the arrest of Yellow, some other members of the gangs wreaking havoc on the people have gone into hiding.
“Jack Bros Yellow is the leader of one of the three groups of bandits that are operating around Shiroro, Rafi and Munya local government areas,” the source said.
The source further revealed that “Jack Bros Yellow is among those who asked some communities to pay N3 million for peace to reign but when the money was paid, the other gang leaders short-changed him and his boys came and kidnapped about nine women from Galape village after Galkogo, Shiroro local government in January this year.
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“He demanded a ransom of N10 million for the release of those women, and they had been in his custody since that January 5th until his arrest last week, but we have yet to see the women.”
It was further gathered that Jack Bros Yellow has a link with some groups of bandits in Zamfara State where he purportedly keeps victims if ransom is not paid on time.
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