A post that has gone viral on Facebook, X and Instagram, attributed to Sanusi Isa, Country Director of Amnesty International, Nigeria, said no terror leader was as ruthless as
Mai Jikka.
Isa wrote: “No terror leader is as ruthless as Mai Jikka. Apart from having a wide stock of automatic machine guns, he also owned a large stock of bombs.
“Many of Mai Jikka’s victims narrate his atrocities. Whenever his gang stopped commuter vehicles, he ensured that all those who identified as Hausa by tribe a picked out and slaughered instantly while those who identify as Fulani are spared and given token “for transport.
“Last week, he amputated a man from Tsafe with axe. He is described as Shekau of Zamfara. Mai Jikka is mainly based at Mayanchi with at least 50 fighters always at his beck and call. Mai Jikka is estimated to be between 23–24 and made it clear to his victims that he is on a “vengence mission against Hausa people.”
“He finances his operations through ransom from kidnapping. From time to time, he uses his TikTok page to display his arms and stash of cash. In the areas where Mai Jikka operates, parents try to protect their female children from rape by sending them to sleep in other villages or towns, far away from Mai Jikka’s ruthless operations.
“Mai Jikka is the only one out of many of such ruthless gang leaders operating across Zamfara, Sokoto, and parts of Kebbi state.
“These are ruthless savages, terrorists and jihadists who are bent on destroying Nigeria. Unfortunately, the government is not doing enough to obliterate these bandits.”
—Sanusi Isa.
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