Mohammed Dahiru also alleged to be a fake pastor (Pastor Emeka) was killed while trying to escape from police custody.
According to the state Police spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, the fake pastor was being conveyed to a correctional facility alongside his gang members but was shot while trying to jump out of the vehicle.
The incident he said occurred on Wednesday night at the Unguwar-Gwaza road near the police headquarters, where Dahiru and his gang members had been paraded before newsmen by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usman Nagoggo.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, who spoke to DAILY POST on the development said he would not speak beyond his capacity.
However, DAILY POST can authoritatively report that Dahiru was serving a jail term for armed robbery and rape offences but was given amnesty by Governor Muhammed Matawalle under an amnesty programme due to the Peace accord and reconciliation process in the state.
The commissioner of police had on Wednesday paraded Dahiru alongside 14 armed bandits at the police headquarters in Gusau
It appeared, however, that Dahiru was wrongly released from prison under the amnesty programme as he was not among the Fulani bandits, but was actually serving a jail term for car snatching and rape.
Mohammed Dahiru was said to be a notorious car snatcher and rapist, whose gang terrorised parts of the state, but was eventually arrested the Operation Puff Adder operatives.
