Kachalla Sharme
23 Sep
Troops have killed a notorious bandit commander, Kachalla Tukur Sharme, and scores of his men in a major military operation that left several other bandits flee with life-threatening injuries. Kaduna State Overseeing Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Monday, said the terrorists fell to the superior firepower of…
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