A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Ibrahim, who represents Kaura Namoda State Constituency, is in police custody over alleged banditry and kidnapping.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Muhammad Shehu Dalijan, confirmed the arrest of the lawmaker in an exclusive interview with our correspondent.
He revealed also that the District Head of Kaura 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.
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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 commissioner said the trio allegedly collected N800,000 ransom before they freed their captives.
The police boss further said that Ibrahim, 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.
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