Abdulkarim Faca-Faca, a terrorist leader, suspected to be among the masterminds of the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s advance convoy to Katsina during the last Sallah holiday has been killed along with eight of his gang members.
Faca-Faca was reportedly killed on Saturday in an airstrike by a team of the Nigerian Air Force when they raided some terrorist hangouts in Marina village in Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State.
According to a local source under anonymity, aside from those killed, many of the terrorists secured gun wounds, though they managed to escape. He also alleged that all their rustled cows were destroyed in the process.
Confirming the report to VANGUARD, Hon. Abduljalal Haruna Runka, the lawmaker representing Safana in Katsina State House of Assembly said,
“It is true. Nigeria Air Force raid the area late evening on Saturday and continued with the mop-up operation this morning. Abdulkarim Faca-Faca and eight of his boys were killed in the attack. They were buried in Marina, his hometown this Sunday morning,” Runka disclosed.
