Halilu Sububu, a wealthy figure with deep-rooted connections to Sahelian jihadists, was more than just a banditry kingpin in northwestern Nigeria. His reign of terror came to an abrupt end last Thursday evening after the security forces and local vigilantes killed him in a gunfight with his gang in Zamfara State. But will his death reduce rural banditry in the region?
Halilu Sububu posed for a photograph in his Sububu Forest enclave, Zamfara state, February 2021 / Credit: Abdulaziz…
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