Insecurity In Zamfara State: Medical Doctor Arrested For Supplying Arms, Providing Information To Bandits

The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested one Medical Doctor and seven others for allegedly aiding and abetting banditry across the state.

The state Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this at a press briefing in Gusau on Thursday.

Dosara said the Medical Doctor was arrested in Kamarawa village of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The Commissioner said that the doctor was arrested by men of Operation Puff Adder for allegedly supplying military kits to bandits, and after preliminary searching, 10 pairs of military jungle boots, five sets of singers and military hand globes were recovered from him.

Dosara further explained that two of the seven, suspected to be security personnel, have on interrogation, voluntarily confessed to have been involved in sabotaging many military operations 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 armed bandits across that state.

Another suspect was arrested in connection with conspiring with the bandits and supplying them with ammunition

Similarly, Dosara further revealed that another suspect from Sokoto was arrested by detectives for supplying military uniforms and kits to suspected bandits.

He added that nine military bulletproof, four sets of military camouflage uniforms, five pairs of military hand globes, two First Bank ATM cards, one Nigerian army ID card and one Samsung Android handset were recovered from him.