Stop aiding bandits, Zamfara emir warns district heads

The Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State, Maj. Sanusi Muhammad Ahmad Asha, rtd, has strongly warned district heads of his Emirate against hording information and aiding bandits.


The Emir gave the warning when he received the state Commissioner of Police CP Abutu Yaro who was on pamiliarazation tour to 17 emirates of the state Tuesday.


According to him, any District head found wanting will be dealt with irrespective of his status in the emirate.


“My Emirate will remain committed in monitoring on daily basis about what is happening, any District head discovered romancing with the dreaded group of Bandits will be sanction regardless of his background.”


According to him, his Emirate had earlier designed a blueprint to with a view to complimenting the State government’s peace and dialogue initiative to end any form of crime in the emirate and commended the CP for the visit

The Emir who described the issue of security as a collective responsibility, stated that his Emirate will remain resolute to work closely with the security agencies particularly police and other sister security agencies in order to get rid of Banditry and other criminality bedivilling the state.


In his remarks, the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police CP. Abutu Yaro said, plans are on top geared by the Command to recruit Fulani youths in the Special Constabulary Scheme to enhance the security of the state.

“Zamfara State Police Command under my watch had observed that, Fulanis were not adequately represented in the Special Police Constabularies, hence the need to recruit more among them in the state.”


The Commissioner who described traditional rulers as the best mechanism to ensure proper security, called on them to do more by providing timely reports about the activities of criminals within their respective domains.


The Commissioner stated that any aggrieved citizen can channel his complaint through the traditional rulers to the police for proper solution.

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