The Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, CPG has neutralised a notorious bandit leader in the state, Kachalla Sani Black.

It was gathered that Kachalla and two of his sons were killed in an ambush operation at Magama Mai Rake, in the Maru Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports, the vigilance group also recovered two AK-47 rifles, an undisclosed amount of cash and a PKT machine gun.

Kachalla Sani-Black, a leading competitor with Bello Turji in banditry, was a notorious bandit leader operating at Chabi, Dan Sadau area of Maru Local Government Area.

The deceased terror marchant was a notorious bandit terrorizing communities and commuters in Northern Zamfara, his boys carried out attacks in Kaduna, Niger, and Kebbi States.

At a time, no other bandit leader rivaled Kachalla Sani Black’s influence in Dan Sadau.

Sani Black, who had over 150 armed followers, was infamous for leading deadly attacks on Maru, Gusau, Tsafe, and other local government areas in Zamfara State.

He also trained some of his boys not only in abductions but r@ping women.

In 2021, police paraded one of his boys, Sani Mati Mai-Yanmata who specialised in kidnapping, and r@ping his female victims including young girls and pregnant women in Shinkafi, Zurmi, and Birnin Magaji Local Government Areas of the State.

The Zamfara Police Commissioner, CP Ayuba Elkanah, had disclosed that the bandit was arrested while trying to block a highway around a community called Koliya with the intent to unleash mayhem on commuters and abduct innocent citizens.