From Abba Kabara, Gusau.
Seven security personals and one medical doctor were arrested by the Zamfara state police command for allegedly aiding and abetting banditry activities across the state.
The state commissioner of information Hon. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara who disclosed this today at a press briefing in his office, said a medical doctor was arrested in Kamarawa village via Isa local government area of Sokoto state.
The doctor according to the commissioner, was arrested by men of the operation Puff Adder for allegedly supplying military kits to armed bandits, and after preliminary searching, ten pairs of military jingle boots, five sets of singers and military hand globes were recovered from the suspect.
The commissioner further explained that the suspected security personals have on interrogation, voluntarily confessed to having been involved in their respective crimes in sabotaging the military operation in the state.
He added that these suspects were according to their confessions, engaged in sharing military intelligence, supplying arms and ammunition, military uniforms and other facilities to the armed bandits across that state.
“Another suspect was arrested in connection with conspiring with the bandits and supplying them with ammunition, saying that in the course of the arrest, the suspect was caught in possession of 20 rounds of 62mm of live ammunition intended for handing over to the buyer one Kabiru Bashiru of Mailafiya village” The suspect has already received an advance payment of one hundred thousand N100,000. naira from the buyer.
Similarly, Hon. Dosara further revealed that another suspect from Sokoto was arrested by detectives supplying military uniforms and kits to suspected bandits. He added that “nine military bulletproof, four sets of military camouflage uniforms, five airs of military hand globes, two first bank ATM cards, 1 Nigerian army ID card and one Samsung Android Handset were recoverd from his possession.
