Police in Zamfara detain an NSCDC officer, a phony physician, and other individuals in connection with banditry.

An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been detained by the Zamfara State Police Command on suspicion of providing narcotics, weapons, and ammo to criminals in the state.

This was revealed by Mohammed Dalijan, the state commissioner of police, at the suspect parade at the command center in Gusau, Zamfara State. Two wives of well-known bandit leaders and a phony doctor were among those detained; they were reportedly on their way to provide the bandits more weapons.

The head of police claimed that a significant amount of illegal narcotics, including cannabis, as well as ammunition, including AK-47 and anti-aircraft shells, had been found on the NSCDC officer, named as ACS II Maikano S/Tasha. Maikano was already detained two years prior, but was later released, according to CP Dalijan. Dalijan promised that under his supervision, Maikano would not elude justice this time.

“The arrest of a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps officer found in possession of weapons and drugs meant for delivery to bandits in the Mada area is one of the regrettable instances we are dealing with. He was carrying Indian hemp and ammunition to the robbers in the bush when he was apprehended. We will regard him as a collaborator because he is one.

The command also detained Mamuda Sani Makakari, a phony physician, according to the police, who was discovered in possession of 441 live rounds of ammunition. Examining further showed that Makakari had been treating the bandits without any official medical training.

Along with a number of women and children, he was captured while transporting live ammo to be given to robbers in the Anka Local Government Area.

Wives of well-known bandit commanders, such as Bello Kaura and Kachalla Jijji, were among the women in custody.

CP Dalijan stated, “These women were captured while en route to supply ammunition to bandits in Anka and Bukkuyum.”

The state’s growing use of women wearing headscarves to transport weapons and ammunition alarmed the police commissioner.

The involvement of women wearing hijabs in smuggling firearms to the bandits is currently our top concern. Whether or not they are wearing a hijab, we are forced to search any woman traveling through the state,” he said. “We will make sure that women look for women, but every woman on our roads needs to be thoroughly inspected.”

CP Dalijan further disclosed that the husbands of the ladies in custody had threatened to take revenge on local communities and law enforcement agencies if the women were not freed.

“We are taking precautions against such assaults to safeguard the public and our employees. There is no way that the women will be freed. We will react appropriately if they [the bandits] assault,” the commissioner declared.