Notorious Bandit Leader Who Masterminded Kankara Abduction Killed

Auwalun Daudawa, a notorious bandit leader who led the abduction of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State last December has been killed.

The Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs in Zamfara State, Abubakar Dauran, who confirmed Daudawa's death said he was shot dead on Friday by a rival gang while on a revenge mission at Dumburum forest located between Zurmi Local Government in Zamfara State and Batsari Local Government in Katsina State.

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Daudawa is one of the five bandits that had laid down his arms and accepted Governor Bello Matawalle’s peace initiative in February 2021 but a few days ago, he went back into the forest to continue his banditry.

Daudawa had surrendered 20 AK-47 rifles, 20 Magazines, one General Purpose Machine Gun, one Rocket-Propelled Grenade and several ammunitions to the Zamfara State government on the day he repented with five of his comrades.

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He had reportedly sworn never to go back to his old ways but he resumed his illegal trenches after he vacated his new abode in Damba, on the outskirts of Gusau.

Daudawa and his gang threw the whole nation into excruciating pains last December when they abducted young boys of Kankara numbering over 300.

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The boys were kidnapped on the same day President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state. The lads, were, however, freed after about six days of gruelling search.