Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Dalijan Shehu, has said that banditry is now an industry in the state.
According to Shehu, the class of people involved in banditry has made the situation more complex stating that a former local government chairman and district head have been arrested for their involvement on banditry.
He further stated that it is more distrubing as the district head supplies drugs to the bandits.
Speaking to newsmen in a video on Wednesday, June 12, Shehu said: “We can say now banditry is an industry in Zamfara state.
“Last month, we arrested a member of the state House of Assembly in banditry here in Zamfara state, we arrested a district head, we also as well arrested a former local government chairman, so you can see that, the involvement of this class of people in banditry is making the situation to become more and more complex.
“So, in essence, i can say that all calibre of people are involved, all manner of people are involved in this banditry. More alarming and more disturbing, is the involvement of a district head in supplying drugs to the bandits.“
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