Bello Turji Resumes Violent Attacks in Zamfara Despite Pleas from Fulani Leaders

• Bello Turji resumes attacks along Shinkafi road in Zamfara despite Fulani leaders’ pleas.
• Fulani leaders’ efforts to stop the violence and reopen key roads prove unsuccessful.
• Turji threatens reprisals after the arrest of his associate, Bako Wurgi.

Notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji has reportedly resumed violent activities along the Shinkafi road in Zamfara State, defying recent appeals from senior Fulani leaders urging him to halt his threats.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Intelligence sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama that Turji and his gang have been targeting travelers and communities along the route, causing widespread panic and disrupting vehicular movement in the region.

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The renewed attacks follow a meeting just hours earlier, where Fulani leaders from Shinkafi, Moriki, and Zurmi urged Turji to reconsider his violent actions and lift his blockade of the Shinkafi-Gusau road.

The leaders appealed for peace, asking Turji to cease abductions and killings, particularly in Zamfara and neighboring Sokoto State. They also requested that he frees up critical routes to allow the movement of people and goods.

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Despite these efforts, Turji failed to respond   thus appearing that their pleas fell on deaf ears.

The attacks come shortly after Turji threatened reprisals following the recent arrest of his close associate, Bako Wurgi, by Nigerian Army troops. Wurgi, also known as Baka NaGarba, was a key figure in Turji’s network, involved in ransom negotiations and the collection of payments from kidnappings.

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