Gov. Matawalle suspends District Head over arms supply to bandits

Agency report

Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has suspended the District Head of Badarawa, Shinkafi Emirate Council, Alhaji Surajo Namakkah.

The district head was suspended indefinitely for conferring traditional title of Durumbu on a military officer who was arrested for allegedly selling ammunition to bandits in the state, according to NAN reports.

It stated that the Governor vowed to deal with anybody found wanting and directed all traditional rulers to seek approval before conferring traditional titles henceforth to avoid unnecessary embarrassment to government and the traditional institution.

According to the Governor, the Military Officer was recently arrested in possession of 20 rounds of 62mm live ammunition.

The suspect was said to be at the point of handing over the ammunition to one Kabiru Bashiru of Maniya village, Shinkafi Emirate, and had allegedly collected an advance payment of N100,000 from the bandits.

Matawalle commended security agencies for arresting one Dr. Kamarawa who was in possession of four sets of military camouflage and army identification card.

He said that Kamarawa specialised in the supply of army uniforms and medicaments to bandits in Zamfara.

The Governor expressed sadness over the involvement of some irresponsible security personnel in banditry, saying it would sabotage ongoing operations and make it impossible to end banditry in the country.

“The nation will not defeat the criminals with such bad eggs within the security architecture,” he added, while assuring that all those arrested in connection with banditry in the state will face the full wrath of the law.

He appreciated the support of heads of security agencies in the state in the fight against banditry and appealed to the people to cooperate with them by providing  genuine information on criminals.