Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York has it that an ex-soldier have been arrested for allegedly providing terrorists who lurk in the northwestern state with ammunitions; a couple of other notorious bandits were also arrested.
Sa’idu Lawal, the prime suspect, is alleged to have terrorized localities in the states of Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kaduna – making life unbearable for residents of these states.
Despite his voluntary retirement from the Nigerian Army in 2021, Sa’idu Lawal, a native of Zamfara State, has been providing armed support to bandits in the North West.
On his way to deliver ammunition to Dogo Hamza, a notorious bandit commander who terrorizes people in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, he was apprehended by the Nigerian military along Kaduna-Abuja highway.
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The Police Tactical Squad and escort team assigned to the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police obtained intelligence information, according to Mohammed Shehu, the Police Public Relations Officer, who was marching the culprit in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State.
‘On 27th August 2022 at about 1730hrs, the Police Tactical/Escort Team attached to the Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Police Command, CP Kolo Yusuf acted on actionable intelligence that led to the arrest of the above-named suspect who was ex-service personnel of the Nigeria Army attached to 73 Battalion Janguza Army Barracks Kano. The suspect was intercepted with a Pontiac Vibe vehicle with registration number KRD 686 CY Lagos, along Abuja – Kaduna enroute Zamfara State. A search was conducted on the spot and the above-mentioned exhibits were recovered in his possession.’
He further said that ‘In the course interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was to convey the said exhibits from Loko LGA of Nasarawa State to his customer one Dogo Hamza ‘M’ of Bacha village in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State. The suspect further confessed that he had previously supplied the same consignment to his other customers in Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, and Kebbi states respectively.’
While smuggling two AK-47 weapons and other weaponry from Nasarawa State to Zamfara State, the culprit, Sa’idu, who admitted to the crime, claimed he was intercepted along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
The suspect, who is 41 years old, disclosed that he received N200,000 for every successful journey and had already gotten N300,000 from his accomplice.
He was found to be in possession of two AK-47 rifles, eight magazines, 501 rounds of live ammunition, and a Pontiac automobile.
