By our reporter| Days after he renounced his earlier repentance and returned to the forest, Auwal Daudawa, the bandit who masterminded the abduction of 300 schoolboys in Katsina state last year has been killed in a rival fight.
Daudawa returned to the forest after he vacated his new abode in Damba, in the outskirts of Gusau, four days ago.
He was shot dead on Friday evening during a gun duel with a rival gang at Dumburum forest located between Zurmi Local Government in Zamfara State and Batsari Local Government in Katsina State.
Sources close to an Abuja-based national publication that first broke the news of Daudawa’s return to the forest, said he was killed while leading his men on a revenge attack on boys loyal to another bandit called Ballolo.
According to the publication, while Daudawa was in Gusau following his repentance, some armed members of the Ballolo camp attacked the position of his men in an attempt to rustle their cattle, killing two of Daudawa’s gang members in the process.
Daudawa was said to have vowed to retaliate.
But while Daudawa’s gang succeeded in killing some persons in the opposing gang, their leader was gunned down by Ballolo’s boys.
Zamfara State Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran who confirmed the death of Daudawa, said the bandit left Gusau two days ago on the pretense he was going to attend one of his relatives’ wedding.
According to the commissioner, he rustled over 100 cows and killed the herdsman in charge, in retaliation, some people around the area organised and killed him too.
Daudawa shot into prominence following his role in the abduction of Kankara school boys but two months later, the bandit appeared in Gusau, capital of Zamfara, along with five of his men where he announced his repentance.
He handed over to the government 20 AK-47 rifles, 20 Magazines, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG), and several ammunitions.
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