How Police Arrested Suspect Who Supplies Motorcycles To Bandits

The Kano state police command has arrested a man (names
withheld) suspected to be supplying motorcycles to bandits in
Zamfara State.

The suspect was arrested in Kano after a tip-off from some
persons.

According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP
Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the man has sold over 100 motorcycles to
bandits.

In an interview with BBC Hausa, Kiwaya said the man, who comes
to Kano from Zamfara State, buys the motorcycles and take them to
the bandits in Zamfara.

“He is selling motorcycle Honda ACE 125, popularly known as Boko
Haram, which was banned by the Zamfara state government. They used
to change the cartons here in Kano and supply it to the bandits in
Zamfara where they assemble it in the bush.

“We arrested him with two motorcycles. He had changed the pack
and was ready to move to Zamfara when we arrested him,” Kiyawa
said.

Zamfara is one of the states in northern Nigeria presently
affected by banditry.

Many of the bandits who make life difficult for residents
operate on motorcycles.

The Kano state police command has arrested a man (names
withheld) suspected to be supplying motorcycles to bandits in
Zamfara State.

The suspect was arrested in Kano after a tip-off from some
persons.

According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP
Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the man has sold over 100 motorcycles to
bandits.

In an interview with BBC Hausa, Kiwaya said the man, who comes
to Kano from Zamfara State, buys the motorcycles and take them to
the bandits in Zamfara.

“He is selling motorcycle Honda ACE 125, popularly known as Boko
Haram, which was banned by the Zamfara state government. They used
to change the cartons here in Kano and supply it to the bandits in
Zamfara where they assemble it in the bush.

“We arrested him with two motorcycles. He had changed the pack
and was ready to move to Zamfara when we arrested him,” Kiyawa
said.

Zamfara is one of the states in northern Nigeria presently
affected by banditry.

Many of the bandits who make life difficult for residents
operate on motorcycles.