Captured ‘Baleri’ in Niger Differs from Nigeria’s Wished Terrorist

A Hyperlink to the Factcheck: https://prnigeria.com/2024/06/01/fact-check-baleri-captured/

Studies emerged lately that troops of the Niger Republic captured a infamous bandit kingpin generally known as Kachalla Baleri. Nonetheless, native sources have raised considerations, suggesting that the captured particular person differs from the notoriously identified Baleri in Nigeria.

PRNigeria performed a fact-check to confirm the identification of the suspect.

In its key discovering, the fact-check reveals that Niger Republic’s Operation Faraoutar Bushiya arrested Kachalla Baleri at Rouga Kowa Gwani within the Guidan Roumdji commune.

Baleri had been working in Niger after escaping from Nigeria. His arrest was thought of a major breakthrough by the Nigerien authorities.

After analysing video footage, pictures, and knowledge gathered by PRNigeriaPRNigeria, the captured Baleri is named Kachalla Baleri and hails from Yan-Tika village alongside the Nigeria-Niger border.

Native sources in Zamfara additionally disclosed that he was not the wished bandit kingpin Belari Fakai, who had been inactive within the area for practically a 12 months resulting from a neighborhood peace pact with communities.

Picture evaluation additionally revealed the 2 people’ facial and bodily options. Notably, Kachalla Baleri has an extended face that’s higher in size than width and a hairline near the brow. In distinction, Baleri Fakai has a extra round face form with related top and width and a receding hairline regardless of sporting a cap.

Kachalla has a hawk nostril with a pointy bridge that curves downward, whereas Fakai’s broad nostril includes a broad base and a comparatively flat bridge.

PRNigeria Factcheck, subsequently, concludes that the captured Baleri (Kachala) differs from Baleri Fakai, the wished terrorist declared by the Nigerian army.

The captured Baleri within the custody of the Nigerien troops shouldn’t be the identical particular person because the wished Baleri declared by Nigeria’s Protection Headquarters. The variations in facial options and bodily traits assist this conclusion.