Graphic Photo:Terror Leader Shot Dead In Shootout With Soldiers

In a press statement released today by the Defence Headquarters, Mallam Husaini , a notorious terrorist  and gang leader was shot dead along the Jos-Bauch highway by the Nigerian military after his gang engaged soldiers in a shoot out after attacking a military convoy that was on an operational patrol between Jos and Bauchi. .According to them he had led a series of attacks on security personnel .

He led the attack on the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad HQ in Abuja in Nov. 2012 and also led the attack on a military convoy moving from Lokoja to Kaduna where two soldiers were killed in January 2013.

After the shoot out, the military recovered the Ford bus used by the terrorists to operate, 8 Primed Improvised Explosive Devices, rifles, pistols and about 70 rounds of ammunition. *viewer discretion advised*