Security tensions in the Northwest region have escalated as the notorious bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, has vehemently denied claims by Nigeriens authorities regarding the capture of one of his top commanders, Kachalla Baleri.
In a newly surfaced video posted on X by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama on Thursday, Turji directly addressed the purported arrest of Baleri by Niger Republic troops during Operation Faraoutar Bushiya on May 28.
Presenting Baleri alongside him, Turji defiantly stated that Security forces claimed they killed Baleri or captured him but Baleri is alive pointing at him.
According to the report, the alleged capture of Baleri was initially reported by the chief of the tactical staff of Operation Faraoutar Bushiya, Colonel Mohamed Almoctar Seydou Niandou.
According to Niandou, Baleri was apprehended around 1 pm, approximately 10 km east of Tankama, while meeting with his men and planning attacks in Nigeria and Niger.
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