The operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a member of the State House of Assembly and a former local government chairman, among others, over alleged connection with banditry in the state.

Zamfara State Commissioner of Police Muhammad Dalijan disclosed this during a meeting with the officer in charge of the Counterterrorism Unit under the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Thomas Parker, at the command headquarters in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Dalijan, who failed to disclose the names of the lawmaker and others arrested in connection with the banditry in Zamfara State appealed to the United Nations to establish a forensic laboratory in the state to address the challenge of going to Lagos to conduct forensic analysis.

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The police commissioner said this would help to accelerate the investigation and prosecution of suspected criminals in the state.

He added that crime rates have reduced in Zamfara State due to the ongoing efforts of security agencies in collaboration with Community Protection Guards (CPGs) to flush out terrorists who migrated to the state from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Speaking, Parker said they were in Zamfara State on the appeal that Governor Dauda Lawal had made to the UN, to assist the state in tackling insecurity.

Parker, who visited the police command to gather more information about the existential threats in the state, informed the police of the UN’s readiness to conduct an assessment of the security situation, first to understand the causes and challenges and how to help deal with the threats.

The Star