A community leader in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State Zubair AbdulRauf, has revealed how Ansaru terrorists have taken over some communities and are protecting the residents from attacks by armed bandits.
He made the assertions during a television programme yesterday, while speaking on the security situation in the State.
According to AbdulRauf, who is also a former Head of Kaduna State Media Corporation, (KSMC), the terrorists ride on motorcycles in military uniforms across the communities, adding that some of the locals feel secure having them around to help fight against those he called bandits in the forest.
He further said: If you look at Giwa and Birnin-Gwari, the Ansaru presence is still there; nobody knows their motive. In some areas, they are patrolling the roads, and youll see them with their arms and even the military fatigues. If you go from Maganda in Birni-Gwari LGA to old Birnin-Gwari, up to Funtua, you would see these people (terrorists).
The Ansaru is in charge on these roads, and if they spot any armed banditany Fulani bandit, they chase them away. That road is more secured than the Kaduna to Birnin-Gwari Road, because the Ansaru is in charge, he emphasised.
He listed the areas where they are prominent as the eastern part of Birnin-Gwari and some part of Giwa LGA, notably in 6 wards: Kidandan, Galadimawa, Katarge, Yakawada, and to some extent Bangoya.
His comments are coming barely a week after the State governor, Nasiru Ahmed el-Rufa’i, during a security briefing raised the alarm that Boko Haram and Ansaru terrorists are now in forests across the State.
Also speaking during the presentation of the first quarter security report for 2022 to the States security council, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said no fewer than 360 people have been killed by suspected terrorists in different parts of Kaduna State from January to April.
