…Praise him in new song
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Residents of Magami, in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State are celebrating the relocation of Dogo Gi?e, a terrorism kingpin rumoured to have been killed in March, to their area.
Gi?e was allegedly involved in the abduction of students from a public school in Kuriga, Kaduna State. He was reported to have been killed in a gunfight with soldiers deployed to rescue the pupils.
Reports stated that the troops of ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’ wounded Gi?e in Madada forest, in Maru local government area of Zamfara State on 12 March, five days after the pupils were kidnapped at Kuriga.
According to unofficial reports, the terror kingpin died in a hospital in Sokoto, where he was receiving treatment. When contacted in March, the spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara, Suleiman Omale, had at that tine said that the military was trying to verify the report. He said the result of our findings would be communicated to the public; but the Army did not speak about Gi?e since then. Earlier reports attributed other intelligence sources as saying the terror kingpin was taken on a motorcycle to Kizara village for medical treatment.
The latest evidence from residents, however, established that Gi?e survived the military bullets and has now relocated from his Babban Doka hideout in the Madada Forest.
According to a residet, Dogo Gi?e has relocated to Kizara, a community at the eastern fringe of Magami, after his encounter with the military, and has assumed control of turfs in the areas. He directed farmers to return to their farms without fear of abduction or seizure of properties.
A new song released in June by unidentified singers allegedly from Tsafe, praises Gi?e for relocating to their area, indicating the resumption of farming activities there.
Residents are celebrating, because abduction for ransom and killings have stopped. Farm fields that were abandoned for over four years for fear of kidnapping have been cultivated this year after Dogo Gi?es directive.
He (Dogo Gi?e) has sat with all the Fulani in the areas, including Ado Aleru, who controls part of Tsafe and anjibga areas, and warned them to stop kidnapping and allow locals to farm.
Now, the Fulani are attending ?anjibga market in Tsafe local government area without bearing arms, and residents can travel from Wanke to ?anjibga, to Kuceri, Bilbis, and Keta without the fear of bandits. But some of the bandits are seizing things from people without the knowledge of their leaders, the source added.
The song, in Hausa language, hails Gi?e as a compassionate person, who had stopped the perpetrators of injustice and a commander who wanted peace to reign.
The commander, who wants peace to reign is Dogo Gi?e, a female voice said in the opening chorus.
I came with a new song of Dogo Gi?e, the mediator. In our areas now, we are proud of you; he always wants peace to reign; may God protect him against his enemies.
He likes the poor; the perpetrators of injustice are afraid of you; whenever he arrives at their place, they all scatter. In the Fulani tribe, nobody is like Dogo Gi?e. He is the fence we lean on; the oppressed will not forget what he has done to us. As you arrived in our areas, you stopped the bandits terrorising us, and villagers found succour with the coming of Dogo Gi?e.
We, the residents of western Tsafe, are now grateful; please be the solution to our problems. He has empathy, a cheerful giver; his generosity has no boundaries, and he has done good things at villages and bushes.
The commander has sowed the seeds of justice; he is preaching and warning people to stop bloodshed, he doesnt mingle with insincere persons, we are wishing you well, verses from the new song stated.
A native of Erana district of Shiroro local government area of Niger State, Gi?es long life of violence has left scars on several families. His group carried out many attacks in the North-West and North-Central regions of Nigeria. His operation primarily targets government institutions, officials, schools and travellers.
In July 2021, the terror kingpin and his allies kidnapped over 100 students and eight teachers from the, in Kebbi State. He released the survivors in batches after extracting ransoms.
Unlike other armed groups in the troubled regions, his gang members do not attack villages around the Kwiambana Game Reserve, Zamfara State, where he was hiding.
The new area Gide has relocated to is the larger part of a forest reserve shared by five political wards of Bindin, ?an-Gulbi, ?an-Kurmi and ?ansadau town under ?ansadau Emirate in Maru LGA.
