A notorious armed supplier to men of the underworld, Lawal Abubakar has confessed that he supplied over 100 Ak 47 riffles to the most wanted kidnapper and cattle rustler, Buhrin Daji.
Buhrin Daji was recently killed by a more formidable gang, but four of his commanders took over the reign of terror in the northern part of the country.
The four commanders were declared wanted to be wanted by the police for offenses of armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, murder, and arson. They held the people to the jugular until the Inspector – General of Police unleashed his Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) on them.
The efforts of IRT operatives, led by DCP Abba Kyari, paid off as they arrested the commanders. The gang operated in the northern part of the country, especially in Zamfara state and their overall arms supplier is Abubakar.
Abubakar, during his confession to the police said that he made only N20,000 from each of the over 100 AK-47 riffles he supplied to the group. “I am married to three wives and I have 23 children.
I am also a farmer and cattle rearer from Zamfra State. Buhrin Daji approached me and said he needed Ak-47 rifles, he gave me N1.8million to procure some arms.
I got the arms from Alhaji Suleiman at Bariki-Ladi Plateau state. Five days later, Buhari Daji sent me another N1.8million to buy another five set of Ak-47 rifles. I made N20,000 from each rifle from that deal”. That was how I started the AK47 riffle business.
It was gathered that operatives trailed Hamisu Sani, Shehu Sani, Yusuf Mande and Lawal Abubakar, to their hideouts in Bauchi and Zamfara States.
Police sources disclosed that the suspects who were mainly Fulani natives confessed during interrogations to be commanders of the notorious Buharin Daji’s group which had been terrorising farmers, Villagers and cattle herders across several towns and communities in Zamfara State in recent time.
aided the operatives in apprehending three other commanders of the group.
One of the suspects, Sani, who identified himself as one of Buharin Daji’s commanders explained that his group only killed victims who put up resistance while trying to rustle their cattle.
In his confession, he said, “I joined the Buharin Daji’s group because I needed to protect my cattle from being rustled.
I have gone to several operations with him in Zamfara State and our intentions were mainly cattle rustling but some of the villagers put up resistance and we had no option than to kill them and burn their houses before carting away their cattle.
Buharin Daji used to pay me N50,000 after each killing and cattle rustling, but he had been killed by Dogo Gide’s group. I had no intention to kill anyone, I only wanted their cattle.
Another commander of the group, Yusuf Mande,30, said he joined the group because some vigilante men from a neighboring village attacked his own village and burned down his house and several others before carting away over 120 cows.
His words: “I am a Fulani native from Kunkele Village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. I am also a member of the Buhari Daji’s group and we were responsible for most of the killings within Zamfara state.
I joined Buhari Daji’s group in year 2014 because some people from Ruwanmesa village came to my village and set fire on over 30 houses including my own house.
“They took away over 120 cows. After I joined the group, I told Buharin Daji what happened in my village. He then brought his men, attacked Ruwanmesa village and we killed everyone including women and children. We took away over 50 cows and I was given one out of it.
I also went for an attack in Mashema in Maru Local Government in May 2017 and we killed everyone in the village. We attacked the Mashema because their people attacked a Fulani village and killed its inhabitants in Zanfara State. After we attacked Mashema we took away 40 cows and seven camels, I was given one cow after the operation “.
