Terrorist Bello Turji brags as troops fail to catch him in 9 years of search
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Terrorist Bello Turji, who has imposed a N30 million levy on Zamfara communities (reduced from N50 million) and is declared wanted by the security forces, has bragged that he is “not afraid to die” even though he is currently in hiding from the bullets of federal troops who have failed to catch him dead or alive for nine years.
Turji, one of the 43 terrorists in the North West declared wanted by Defence Headquarters, made the boast in his latest five-minute and forty-second video in which he also sought dialogue with Abuja to end armed violence in Zamfara.
He confirmed in the video the killing of his leader, Halilu Sububu, by soldiers, a death he insisted would not silence him (Turji) but he is willing to lay down his arms if the government would dialogue with him.
His words: “Sadists, who claimed that we are about to be killed, we are very sure that we are not in the world to stay for eternity. We are always ready to be killed.
“Killings have not started today; people were being killed since the era of past prophets. We are not afraid to die; we are not afraid of bombs.
“But you have not yet understood our message. People of Zamfara, when you stop killing our kinsmen; we will allow yours to live.
“Governor Dauda Lawal and Bello Matawalle will not help. I want the people of Zamfara to understand that they are just politicians without the interest of the people of Zamfara in their hearts.
“When Matawalle was the Governor, who was sponsoring us? When Abdulaziz Yari was the Governor, who was sponsoring us? Nobody is sponsoring us except God.
“It was during the administration of Yerima that the government sold the grazing reserve and legalised the killing of the Fulanis.
“When Muhmud Shinkafi came on board, he tried unsuccessfully to address the problem. Abdulaziz Yari came and empowered the vigilantes, but we are still in the struggle.
“This is why we are calling on all of you to come and collaborate with us for peace to reign and stop the bloodbath in Zamfara. Guns and airstrikes will not stop us because we are not afraid of death.
“Kachallah Halilu Sububu is not the first person to be killed; several others were killed. The killing of Halilu Sububu will not deter us from doing what we are doing unless you stop killing our brothers in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, and Niger States.
“Your only plan is to exterminate the Fulani race while God has been protecting us. Even if you kill us, it’s God who ordained that to happen, but it’s not by your power.”
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