I reluctantly accept to be turbaned – Bandits kingpin reacts

The turbaned notorious bandits leader, Ado Aleru has disclosed that he reluctantly accepted to be turbaned following persuasion on him.

The turbaning of the criminal gang leader who believed to have killed people in their hundreds sparked controversy and protest across Zamfara State.

The bandits leader was turbaned as Sarkin Fulani in Yantodo Emirate of Zamfara State, by the Emir of Yandoto who has now been suspended from office by Zamfara State government.

Several attacks in the North West including Katsina State especially the killing of over 100 people in Kadisau in Faskari Local Government Council was linked to him.

Amid the controversy, Aleru in an interview in Hausa with Deutswella Radio explained that he had initially rejected the chieftaincy title offer, but had to give in after the intervention of some leaders.

He said, “Honestly I didn’t solicit for the title, I was summoned by the Emirate which initially I rejected.

“After consultations with our leaders over the development, they suggested that I shouldn’t turn down the offer since the new emir insisted it had to happen in his emirate; that was how I accepted it.”

He denied the killing of people in Kadisau village in Katsina

Aleiro said he did not know the person responsible for the attack, adding, “Please go and ask the village head of Kadisau; it was a reprisal attack, I wasn’t involved in it; I was just linked to it”.

However, the emirate proceeded with the turbaning ceremony hours after the purported suspension.

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has since prohibited monarchs from conferring titles on anyone without the express approval of the state government