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=Active bandits=

Ali Kachalla
Ali Kachalla is a bandit leader in his early thirties who was born in a small town called Madada near Dansadau. Ali Kachalla controls a bandit group numbering about 200 in the kuyambana forest. Ali Kachalla's main base of operations consists of about a couple of huts along the Goron Dutse river about 25 km south of Dansadau. Ali Kachalla's gang directly controls the villages of Dandalla, Madada, and Gobirawa Kwacha where he launches attacks on Dansadau and other neighboring communities from. Ali Kachalla's gang is allied with Dogo Gide's nomadic gang.

Ali Kachalla's gang has carried out numerous attacks most notably shooting down a Nigerian Air Force alpha Jet on 18 June 2021 and destroying a Mowag Piranha armored personnel carrier in Dansadau on July 23, 2021. Ali Kachalla's gang has suffered defeats, most notably losing 30 men in a battle with an Ansaru cell.

Dogo Gide
Dogo Gide, real name Abubakar Abdullahi is the leader of a Bandit group near Dansadau. He is from Maru local government, in his forties, married, and has children. He is most known for killing bandit leader Buharin Daji by tricking him into a meeting for peace between their two gangs, He then killed Daji and 24 other gang members. He also killed a rival bandit leader named Damina after Damina attacked villages under his control.

Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno
Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno is the leader of a Fulani Bandit group. He commands over 1,000 bandits in the Sububu Forest across Zamfara State and has connections to bandit groups across the west African countries of Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. two years ago Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno signed a peace treaty with the city of Shinkafi but Kachalla Halilu shifted his activities elsewhere.

Alhaji Auta
Alhaji Auta is the leader of a bandit group that operates near birnin magaji, Alhaji Auta is 35 years old. It is reported that he was killed in an airstrike on his camp in Jama’are Bayan Dutchi, Zamfara State on 1 January 2022.

Alhaji Shehu Shingi
Alhaji Shehu Shingi is a bandit leader that has been operating for 10 years. He is from Zurmi local government area and is in his thirties. He claims to have over 5,000 bandits under his command but the actual number is likely 1,000. Alhaji Shehu Shing also acts as the link between various bandit groups and Boko Haram remnants. He claims he is helping lieutenants loyal to Abubakar Shekau reach Zamfara. Though the alliance is monetary rather than ideological. Because of his experience, Alhaji Shehu Shingi acts as an intermediary in disputes between bandit groups and a ransom negotiator for victims kidnapped by other gangs.

Alhaji Nashama
Alhaji Nashama is the leader of a bandit group.

Yan Shabakwai
Yan Shabakwai is a bandit group led by Dan Karami also known as Gwaska. Dan Karami is in his early 30s and was born in the village of Lambar Gabas, Zurmi local government area. He was a leader of the now-dead Buharin daji. His gang is about 500 strong and operates south of the Jibia-Gusau highway where they engage in bandit activity.

He has done many attacks, one attack he is suspected of committing a massacre that killed 53 people, his gang also kidnapped 40 children from a village in Zurmi, and he claims to have defeated a joint Nigerian-Nigerien military offensive.

Ardo Nashawari
Ardo Nashawari was born in Gusami district, after a series of battles between bandits and vigilantes called Yan Sakai he became a bandit. He controls a group of hundreds of bandits that operate Birnin Magaji, Tsafe, Batsari, and Batsari local government areas. He has made and broken numorious peace treated and ceacfires with authorities.

Kachalla Turji
Kachalla Turji, full name Kachalla Turji Birnin Fakai also known as Gudda Turji is the leader of a Bandit group that operates along Sokoto Road, raiding towns, villages, and settlements in the area. On 17 July 2021 Kachalla Turji's main base was raided by security personnel who arrested his father. In response to his father's arrest Kachalla Turji attacked the villages of Kurya, Keta, Kware, Badarawa, Marisuwa, and Maberaya killing 42, abducting 150, and burning 338 houses. Turji claimed to have killed over 100 people in raid on Kware. Turji's father was eventually released in exchange for the release of 100 hostages and the return of abducted cattle. On 7 December 2022 Turji's gang set fire to a bus killing 30 people.

Dandela
Dandela is a bandit leader that operates along the Magami-Dansadau road attacking vehicles traveling along the road. He is suspected of being one of the leaders that committed the Jangebe kidnapping.

Adamu Aliero Yankuzo
Adamu Aliero Yankuzo better known as Yankuzo is the leader of a bandit group that operates in the forested regions of Katsina and Zamfara states. He controls a bandit group numbering around 2,000 personnel. Yankuzo is 45 years old and was born in Yankuzo village, Yankuzo has at least one son. On June 16, 2020, Yankuzo was declared wanted by the Katsina State Police Command for 5 million Nigerian naira. Yankuzo's gang has carried out a number of attacks, one of his more notable attacks were killing 52 people in Kadisau village in revenge for the arrest of his son on June 9, 2020.

Shehu Rekeb
Shehu Rekeb Is the leader of a major arms smuggling and a bandit gang in Northwest Nigeria. Rekeb trained other notorious bandits such as Kachalla Turji and Kachalla Halilu.

Maniya Boys
The Maniya Boy are a bandit group led by Dullu Kachalla and Kabiru Maniya that operate from Moriki to Shinkafi. The group popularized highway robbing in the area but eventually switched to extortion of towns and raiding.

Malam Ila Manawa
Malam Ila Manawa is the leader of a bandit group that operates in Shinkafi. Malam Ila Manawa is in his mid-40s and claimed he took up banditry after his father was killed by Yan Sakai.

Sani Buta
=Captured Bandit leaders=

Abubakar Ali
Abubakar Ali also known as Yellow Dan Mangoro is the leader of a bandit group in Shiroro local government area. He has been suspected of kidnapping nine women. He was captured by the Nigerian army in May 2020.

Origins, Farmer herder conflict, and Ansaru
Throughout the late-1990s and early-2000s, increasing population, combined with a decrease of arable land due to desertification exploded into violence between the Hausa and Fulani. The two ethnic groups along with the number of smaller groups fought for land and resources killing hundreds. One attack on a community would lead to a reprisal attack on the community that committed the attack thus creating a perpetual cycle of ever-increasing violence. The lack of organized government response to the problem just allowed it to spiral into violence further. The arrival of Jihadist armed groups in the late 2000s just increased the instability further. Of particular note is the Al-Qaeda-linked group Ansaru, which carried out a series of kidnappings and ambushes in 2013, and Boko haram who carried out suicide attacks and massacres in the region.

The first groups
As the criminal gangs became more organized one person gained particular promise, a criminal by the name of Buhari Tsoho better known as Buharin Daji. Buharin Daji was from Dandundun village in Maru local government area and held control of the majority of the bandit groups in Zamfara state. Another major bandit leader during this early time was Kundu was from a village called Zeranya in Kastina state. Buharin Daji and Kundu together formed the Kungiyar gayu, the first organized bandit group in 2011, thus starting the bandit conflict and the years of violence that would follow. Kundu would be killed by Buharin Daji for unknown reasons in 2014.

Kungiyar gayu's Collapse
On 7 March 2018, after a number of raids by Buharin Daji’s men on his territory, Dogo Gide a repentant bandit a former Buharin Daji commander, ploted to kill him. Tricking him to a meeting to resolve the problem, Dogo Gide shot Buharin Daji in the neck killing him. Dogo Gide’s men then stormed the compound where Buharin Daji and Dogo Gide were meeting killing 24 of Buharin Daji’s top men, thus ending the reign of Buharin Daji. With the Death of Buharin Daji, his bandit groups split into some 120 smaller groups.