{"id":38343,"date":"2021-03-04T19:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38343"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:37:49","slug":"kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna govt confirms killing of notorious bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 was neutralized alongside dozens of his fighters<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State. Mr. Samuel Aruwan.<\/p>\n<p>Aruwan disclosed that \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019, a deadly bandit, who commanded over a hundred fighters was neutralized during air raids in Igabi LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter painstaking checks with security agencies, and careful exploitation of numerous human intelligence sources, the Kaduna State Government can authoritatively confirm that one \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 a deadly bandit who commanded over a hundred fighters has been neutralized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019, and dozens of his fighters were neutralized during air interdictions around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi LGA of Kaduna Central Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aerial missions in which \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 and his gang were neutralized were conducted in late February when he (Rufai Maikaji) and the bandits under his command, on sighting ground troops, escaped from Anaba village of Igabi LGA where they killed some citizens, burnt houses and kidnapped some locals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prompt response by the air platforms ended the reign of terror maintained by \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 and his bloodsucking accomplices.\u201d The statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom further checks, \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 and his group were confirmed to be responsible for the killing, kidnapping and cattle rustling in many communities in Giwa, Igabi and Chikun LGAs, especially in the following locations: Iyatawa, Garke, Kumfa, Bakali, Karau-Karau and Galadimawa, Anaba, Kerawa, Hashimawa, Sabon Birni, Buruku general area and parts of Chikun LGA axis of Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 is said to have begun his ignoble career as an errand boy to some deadly bandits in and around Sabon Birni general area of Igabi LGA. From this position, he grew to become a household name in banditry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kaduna State Government, military, police, DSS and all agencies have assured residents of the communities that suffered the brutality of \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019, that aggressive pursuit of other accomplices who escaped the onslaught is in full swing, and they will be caught sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his response, Governor Nasir El-Rufai praised the military for taking down the bandit leader and his accomplices. The Governor further assured them of the firm commitment of the government and people of Kaduna State in the ongoing operations against the bandits throughout the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 was neutralized alongside dozens of his fighters This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State. Mr. Samuel Aruwan. Aruwan disclosed that \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019, a deadly bandit, who commanded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,96,254,3264],"class_list":["post-38343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria","tag-rufai-maikaji"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kaduna govt confirms killing of notorious bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 was neutralized alongside dozens of his f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna govt confirms killing of notorious bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 was neutralized alongside dozens of his f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-04T19:29:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-60411acc2c0dd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna govt confirms killing of notorious bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-04T19:29:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\"},\"wordCount\":402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-60411acc2c0dd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rufai Maikaji\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-notorious-bandits-leader-rufai-maikaji\",\"name\":\"Kaduna govt confirms killing of notorious bandits\u2019 leader \u2018Rufai Maikaji\u2019 - 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