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Notorious bandit, Rufai Maikaji, and some of his gang members were said to have been neutralised in air raid around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Intelligence sources said Maikaji and dozens of his fighters were killed in late February.
It was gathered that the notorious bandit and his gang were responsible for the attack on Anaba Village in Igabi LG where dozens of residents were killed, houses razed and some villagers kidnapped.
Maikaji and his gang struck at Anaba Village and Birnin Yero town, all in Igabi LG in January on the same day Prof. Aliyu Mohammed was kidnapped and his son, Abdullaziz, killed.