“The hills of Kwotarkwashi and Chafe, for instance, provided shelter to the criminals, from where they organised and executed their unwholesome activities, which often resulted in serious casualties.
“At the onset, membership was restricted to the Fulani.… Recruitment was through conscription, use of cash and cows, promise of sex and leisure as well as intimidation of other Fulani people. Since the gang was into cattle rustling, some herders joined so as to circumvent cattle rustling harassment from the members.
“The public murder of Isshe was used as a justification for reprisal and mass killings of innocent people by the gang. Furthermore, the late Isshe’s family mobilised fighters and extended invitation to the gang for reprisal attacks a few days later. Members of the gang multiplied in number, strength, power and weapons and even connections in 2013.
Pray, what is the urgency in the creation of new military institutions by service chiefs in the midst of a war that has toyed with our sanity for 10 years. The former Army chief, General Tukur Buratai, established a Nigerian Army University inside the Nigerian Army Barracks in Biu, his hometown, while his Air Force counterpart, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, did the same for his arm of the service at his native Bauchi.
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