Operatives of the Zamfara state police command have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, identified as ASC Maikano Sarkin-Tasha, for supplying dangerous weapons to bandits in the State.
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that firearms, such as anti-aircraft rockets and AK-47 ammunition was also recovered from the NSCDC officer on Thursday.
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It was gathered that the suspect, who confessed the crime, also admitted to be providing narcotics items to the terrorists.
Sarkin-Tasha, while confessing his crime at the Zamfara police command, told newsmen that he was introduced to trading in illicit firearms two years ago by a fellow security operative.
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He said: “I was arrested on my way to supply ammunition and assortment of drugs, intoxicants to bandits.
“I got the supply from a fellow civil defence officer and a rank mate, Aminu Musa. I was first introduced to the arms supply two years ago.”
While parading the civil defence operative in Gusau, the Commissioner of Police, Shehu Muhammad Dalijan, also paraded a quack doctor accused of treating terrorists, Mamuda Sani Makakari. He was caught with 441 live ammunition.
