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The notorious bandit based in Zamfara, Bello Turji, released 32 people who kidnapped and agreed to stop attacking farmers following a peace agreement with Islamic scholars in the Fakai forest, in the local government area of Shinkofi in the state of Zamfara.
The Islamic scholar, Musa Yusuf, popularly known as Asadus-Sunnah, revealed him in a religious meeting in Kaduna and coming from a project from his Facebook page.
Sheik Yusuf also said that the Shinkofi community had requested its intervention to allow them to return to their farms.
According to Sheikh Yusuf, the meeting took place three times in July, and Turji and other important fighters such as Dan Bakkolo, Black, Kanawa and Malam Ila, agreed with a peace agreement, including the laying of weapons and allowing farmers to return to their farms without fear.
Sheik Yusuf said that the kidnapped victims released included women and children, who were in Tari custody for about four months.
Some of them had given birth in the bush, while one was bitten by a snake.
He said from the agreement, peace had started to return to the Shinkofi area, while the residents peacefully made their agricultural activities.
Yusuf warned the cleric companions who criticize Turji on social media to give up, saying that he could incite disorders.
President Bola Tinubu, the National Security Councilor Nuhu Ribadu, the Governor Dauda Lawal and Senator Shehu Buba for supporting the moves towards the resolution of the security crisis in the state, praised.
… Police arrest 211 kidnappers in Delta
In the meantime, the Delta state police command has arrested about 211 suspicions for various criminal offenses ranging from kidnapping, cultural, fraud on the internet and ritual activities of money.
The police commissioner Abaniwonda Olufemi declared this in Asaba, in the state of the delta, while the journalists informed the turning point of the command in curbing criminal activities in the state.
He also paraded three turtles alive presumably used for fortification rituals from a criminal band.
The wide operation, which crossed the month of July 2025, said, also led to the recovery of 18 firearms, 359 strokes of ammunition and cartridges, 378 laptops and cell phones, as well as a total of ₦ 8.5 million suspected money.
He said on July 30, a combined team of the special anti-kidnapping team and computer crime and the Nigerian army of the brigade 63 stormed a hiding place for the kidnappers in the Ogwashi-Ukwu forest.
According to him, the operation followed the kidnapping of two students from a Polytechnic in Asagba Ogwashi on 23 July 2025.
Olufemi said that the team hired the kidnappers in a ferocious battle of weapons that left two suspicions dead, while an AK-47 rifle, 39 live ammunition shots and a bag containing 3.5 million 3.5 million which are believed to be redeemed were recovered from the scene.
He also said that the police carried out a pungent operation on July 27, where the agents arrested a notorious kidnapper identified as Chiadiji Collins, aka “Smooth”, at the age of 42.
“By acting on intelligence, the police tracked him down in his home in the Ewulu community, Aniocha South Council, where they recovered an AK-47 rifle and 40 live ammunition shots of 7.62 mm.
“Further investigations led to the arrest of an accomplice, Ezekie Andrew, from which two pistols were seized with pump and two cartridges. It is believed that both men are many kidnappings through Ogwashi-Uku and Issseluku,” he said.
… suspicious ritualists
The command also revealed that he discovered a ritual union presumably led by an Owei Abbo, aka “Adusa”.
By acting on intelligence for a planned kidnapping of high -profile individuals in Saole and Oghara, the team of assignment in CP has arrested a 35 -year -old herbalist, Peter Benson, in Kwale.
Under the interrogation, Benson brought the police to Joseph Saniyo, 63 years old, in the state of Edo, who was found with three living turtles and other fetish objects suspected of being used for the ritual fortification.
“The subsequent arrests included the leader of the gang, Abebo, 42 years old, and his collaborators, Ebi Maye, 41 years old, and Happy Obegha, 39 years old. The police recovered 247 shots of live ammunition SMGs from suspicions,” he said.
… fraud on the internet
On the suspected internet scammers, the CP declared on July 21, a joint operation of the Police Command and the Nigerian army led to the arrest of 184 suspicions of the internet scammers during a raid in a residence in the post -housing property, Effurun.
Among the seized articles were 273 laptops, 97 smartphones, an iPad, two wi-fi routers and other electronic devices.
One of the main suspicions arrested was the 33 -year -old Kelvin Odini.
The police said that investigations were underway, with digital forensic analysis that should reveal the scope of the union operations.
Olufemi also said: “Raid separate on 30 July 2025 at the Big Gate Campus 3, Abraka, Operations of the Rapid Response Squad arrested three suspicions: Benjamin Okwufulueze (21), Agostino Ifeanyi (22) and Irma Japheth (27)”.
While emphasizing the commitment of the command in making the state uninhabitable for criminals through proactive strategies based on intelligence, the police chief said that a Beretta gun made locally with four live shots was recovered together with worship accessories, including a black cap with the insignia “Eiye” and a battle axis.
