The middle-aged bandit coordinated the mass abduction of the students of Government Secondary School Kankara, on December 12, 2020, the first of such abduction by any criminal group outside Boko Haram in the North-East.
About two months later, Daudawa was paraded before the governor in Gusau, where he proclaimed his decision to be a changed man.
Daudawa and five of his lieutenants surrendered 20 AK 47 rifles, ammunition and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, during the ceremony.
Sources familiar with Daudawa’s latest decision told our reporter that he packed out his family and his lieutenants back to Jaja forest in Zurmi Local Government on Monday.
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According to Daily Trust, Auwal Daudawa, who was accused of spearheading the abduction of over 300 schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina state, has taken up arms again, just weeks after he claimed to have repented.
TheCable could not independently verify the report but the Zamfara governor’s office and the state police command have been contacted for comments.
In February,
the bandits’ leader surrendered his arms, which included 20 AK 47 rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, claiming to have turned over a new leaf.
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He was received at the Zamfara government house where he announced that “we have voluntarily repented.”