Nigeria, March 2 -- On Friday, a report emerged that soldiers in the garrison town of Erena, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State had "burnt Dogo Gide houses in Chikuba." However, fresh information showed that the burnt houses belonged to harmless rural residents who also claimed they were brutalised by the soldiers.

Dogo Gide is a notorious bandit terrorising rural communities in Niger, Kaduna and Zamfara states. His gang was responsible for bombing a military aircraft in August 2023 around Kwaki, a village neigbouring Chukuba where soldiers operated on Friday.

The operation left behind tales of terror in Makera, Kudodo and Sabon Gida in Chukuba - all in the Lakpma riverine axis, comprising more than 10 villages.

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