Defence Headquarters has dismissed the reports that the bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, has surrendered to the military.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, made this known on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja.
“Bello Turji has not surrendered. We are still on the trail for him,” he said.
Mr Turji, a wanted bandit leader operating mainly in Zamfara and Sokoto States, has been linked to several attacks on communities in the North-West.
Recall that there were recent reports that the bandit leader had surrendered his arms and released 32 kidnap victims following a peace initiative brokered by an Islamic clerics in Zamfara.
Mr Kangye also dismissed allegations by Amnesty International accusing the troops of extrajudicial killings in the South-East, describing them as unfounded.