The Nigerian army says it has killed a gang leader who was accused of planning a New Year's Day massacre that left 17 people dead. <br/><br/>Army spokesman Col Aminu Iliyasu says that Prince Igwedibia, popularly known as Don Wani or Don Waney, was killed yesterday evening, along with two of his lieutenants. <br/><br/>The suspects were killed during a heavy gunbattle with security officers in Enugu state in eastern Nigeria.<br/><br/>Igwedibia had been accused of killing dozens of people including police officers, ambushing security patrol teams and kidnapping scores of others for ransom.<br/>