Zamfara state police command has arrested a member of the State House of Assembly representing Kauran Namoda State Constituency, Aminu Ibrahim, over alleged banditry and kidnapping.
The State Commissioner of Polic, CP Muhammad Shehu Dalijan, confirmed the arrest of the lawmaker in an interview wit newsmen.
He also said that the District Head of Kauran Namoda, Alhaji Jafaru Abdullahi Kumburki and a former chairman of the LGA, Nasiru Muhammad, are in police custody over similar allegations.
The police commissioner said three district heads of Danjibga, Bukkuyum and Unguwar Gyauro in Tsafe and Bukkuyum LGAs, whose names have not been made public, are being investigated over the same issues.
He said preliminary investigation by the police indicated that the district head of Kaura Namoda allegedly connived with two suspected bandits’ collaborators, Alhaji Bala and Hali Sidi, and kidnapped nine people in Gidan Sambo village in Kaura Namoda LGA.
The police boss further said that the serving lawmaker in the Zamfara State House of Assembly, was arrested over allegation of involvement in the kidnap of 80-year-old Alhaji Ibrahim Sarkin Fada of Kasuwar Daji village.
Dalijan said the former chairman of Kaura Namoda LGA, who is also under detention, allegedly connived with Hali Sidi and the said Alhaji Bala and kidnapped one Alhaji Ango of Kumurya village.
The police commissioner said the district heads of Danjibga, Unguwar Gyauro and Bukkuyum will face an investigative panel set up by the state government over their involvement in banditry activities.
He assured that the police will continue to identify, arrest and subsequently prosecute anybody found participating in banditry and other related crimes.