The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, CP Muhammad Shehu Dalijan, has confirmed the arrest of Aminu Ibrahim, a member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly representing Kaura Namoda State constituency. Ibrahim faces allegations of involvement in banditry and kidnapping.
In a recent statement, CP Dalijan disclosed that the District Head of Kaura Namoda, Jafaru Abdullahi Kumburki, and former chairman of Kaura Namoda LGA, Nasiru Muhammad, are also in police custody for similar allegations. Further investigations are underway involving three district heads from Danjibga, Bukkuyum, and Unguwar Gyauro in Tsafe and Bukkuyum LGAs, though their names have not been disclosed.
The police commissioner elaborated that a preliminary investigation revealed that the District Head of Kaura Namoda allegedly collaborated with two suspected bandits’ collaborators, Bala and Hali Sidi, to kidnap nine people in Gidan Sambo village, Kaura Namoda LGA. The suspects allegedly collected a ransom of N800,000 before releasing their captives. The investigation also led to the arrest of Ibrahim for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of 80-year-old Alhaji Ibrahim Sarkin Fada of Kasuwar Daji village.
CP Dalijan detailed that the former chairman of Kaura Namoda LGA is accused of conspiring with Hali Sidi and Alhaji Bala to kidnap Alhaji Ango of Kumurya village.
The district heads of Danjibga, Unguwar Gyauro, and Bukkuyum are currently facing an investigative panel instituted by the state government to investigate their alleged involvement in banditry activities.
He said the police has carried out its investigations and forwarded the discoveries it had made to the state governor, Dauda Lawal for immediate action. He assured that ‘the police authorities in Niger state remain uncompromising in their determination to unmask, arrest and prosecute anyone found to be linked with the heinous crime of banditry or any other crime in the state.
CP Dalijan said there was an ongoing investigation on the issue, and everybody found directly or indirectly with the act will be questioned. He pledged that more efforts would be made by Zamfara State Police Command in ensuring that the menace of banditry is reduced while justice is done.
