A video showing terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, cracking jokes with an expatriate in an open field, has gone viral.
The location, names of the bandits, or the identity of the white man could not yet be verified, but Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert, identified the spot as the Gusau – Sokoto road.
“Dreaded bandit kingpin Mai-Jakka is shown cracking jokes freely with one of the construction company’s engineers handling the Gusau – Sokoto road,” he tweeted.
The gang repeatedly said, “Hasbunallahu wa ni’mal Wakeel,” meaning, “Sufficient for us is Allah, and (He is) the best Disposer of affairs.”
One of the bandits with dreadlocks, who seemed to be the leader of the gang with a rifle hanging from his right arm, was seen joking and holding the white man from behind.
One of them said, “Here is a white man in the flesh,” as the white man jokingly urged the dreadlocked gang leader to hold him well.
“Allahu Akbar! The dreadlocked man was not killed. It’s a fat lie. He was not killed.”
