A post which 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.
But it is a different ball game in the South East, where an average commuter will reportedly encounter not less than 32 security checkpoints on a 45-minute drive from Onitsha to Enugu.
1. Army Gate Onitsha
2. Nkwelle Junction
3. Awkuzu Junction Army
4. Awkuzu Junction FRSC
5. Dunukofia LG hqts Police
6. Enugwu-Ukwu Junction Police
7. Amawbia Junction Police
8. Unizik Junction Army
9. Mopol base Awka Junction Police
10. Prince and Princess hostel front army
11. Amansea boundary Police
12. Ugwuoba boundary Police
13. Ugwuoba bridge police team
14. Ugwuoba Junction Army
15. Ugwuoba Junction NDLEA
16. Ugwuoba Junction FRSC
17. Ugwuoba Central Army
18. Oji River Junction Army 1
19. Oji River Junction Army 2
20. Ezeagu Express Army
21. Near Nkwo Ezeagu Police
22. Near tiles factory Police
23. Umumba Ndiuno Express Police 1
24. Umumba Ndiuno Express Police 2
25. 9th Mile Checkpoint
26. Nsude Express (approach to Ninth Mile) Police
27. Ngwo Express Army
28. Ngwo Express anti-terror squad
29. Onyeama Hill (near refuse dump) Army
30 Onyeama Hill (near coal mine), Army
31. Abakpa Interchange Police
32. Abakpa Junction FRSC.
