The state s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,
Samuel Aruwan, said on Thursday, March 4, 2021 that Maikaji commanded over a hundred fighters before his death.
He said numerous human intelligence sources confirmed that the terrorist was killed in one of the numerous airstrikes by the military in late February.
Maikaji and dozens of his fighters were reportedly killed with strikes around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi local government area of Kaduna.
He had allegedly killed some residents of Anaba village in Igabi, burnt houses and kidnapped villagers before he was neutralised.
Aruwan said the deceased had begun his career as an errand boy to deadly bandits in and around Sabon Birni general area of Igabi before he became a household name in banditry.
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