The Zamfara State Police Commissioner, Muhammad Dalijan, has revealed that the police arrested high-profile persons including a member of the State House of Assembly, and a former local government chairman for banditry.
He stated this while hosting the officer in charge of the Counterterrorism Unit, under the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Thomas Parker, at the command headquarters in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
The Commissioner of Police did not mention the names of the high profile persons arrested in connection with banditry in the state.
CP Dalijan during the programme appealed to the UN to replicate in Zamfara what they did in Maiduguri, and sought the global body’s assistance for training on investigation, and establishment of forensic laboratories, to accelerate the investigation and prosecution of suspected criminals.
Reacting, Parker said they were in Zamfara State on the appeal that Governor Dauda Lawal had made to the UN, to assist the state in tackling the insecurity surrounding it.
Parker who visited the police command to gather more information about the existential threats in the state, informed the police of UN’s readiness, to conduct an assessment of the security situation, first to understand the causes and challenges, and how to help deal with the threats.
Zamfara has been hit by banditry for years, a development that has led to loss of many lives and destruction of properties.
