Banditry: Matawalle Suspends District Head Who Conferred Title On Indicted Military Officer

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has suspended one
Surajo Ibrahim, the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate
Council, Sarkin Kudun Badarawa.

Ibrahim was suspended for conferring the traditional title of
‘Durumbu’ on a military officer who was arrested for selling live
ammunition to bandits in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the
state.

The Director-General of Press Affairs at the Government House,
Yusuf Gusau, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

According to the statement, the governor was sad to receive a
report that the affected military officer attached to Shinkafi
general area was arrested for selling live ammunition to bandits
operating in the area and was even bestowed with a title by the
district head.

Governor Matawalle warned that his administration would not
tolerate anything capable of destroying the peace and reputation of
the state, as well as ensure that anybody found wanting in any way
was dealt with accordingly.

He stated that the suspension of the district head was
indefinite because the traditional title was for no reason of
significant contribution to the development of the area.

The governor also warned that henceforth, all traditional rulers
must seek approval before conferring a traditional title on people
who have contributed to the development of their respective
districts or emirates.

He explained that this became necessary in order to avoid
unnecessary embarrassment to the state government and its
traditional institutions.

The military officer was said to have been arrested recently
with 20 rounds of 62mm of live ammunition at the point of handing
over to his usual buyer, one Kabiru Bashiru of Maniya Village of
Shinkafi Emirate after he had collected an advanced payment of
N100,000 from recalcitrant bandits in the area.

Governor Matawalle, however, commended the security agencies in
the state for arresting one Dr Kamarawa with four full sets of
military camouflage uniforms and one army identification card.

He noted that Kamarawa specialised in the supply of army
uniforms and drugs to bandits before luck ran out on him on his way
from Sokoto to deliver the items to his customers in Zamfara.

The governor said as a leader, he cannot sit and fold his arms
while his people were being killed in connivance with those saddled
with the responsibility of protecting them.

He decried that the involvement of security agents in
criminality through the sales of ammunition would certainly
compromise and expose the sharing of credible intelligence to the
bandits.

Governor Matawalle stated that all those arrested in connection
with banditry would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has suspended one
Surajo Ibrahim, the District Head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate
Council, Sarkin Kudun Badarawa.

Ibrahim was suspended for conferring the traditional title of
‘Durumbu’ on a military officer who was arrested for selling live
ammunition to bandits in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the
state.

The Director-General of Press Affairs at the Government House,
Yusuf Gusau, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

According to the statement, the governor was sad to receive a
report that the affected military officer attached to Shinkafi
general area was arrested for selling live ammunition to bandits
operating in the area and was even bestowed with a title by the
district head.

Governor Matawalle warned that his administration would not
tolerate anything capable of destroying the peace and reputation of
the state, as well as ensure that anybody found wanting in any way
was dealt with accordingly.

He stated that the suspension of the district head was
indefinite because the traditional title was for no reason of
significant contribution to the development of the area.

The governor also warned that henceforth, all traditional rulers
must seek approval before conferring a traditional title on people
who have contributed to the development of their respective
districts or emirates.

He explained that this became necessary in order to avoid
unnecessary embarrassment to the state government and its
traditional institutions.

The military officer was said to have been arrested recently
with 20 rounds of 62mm of live ammunition at the point of handing
over to his usual buyer, one Kabiru Bashiru of Maniya Village of
Shinkafi Emirate after he had collected an advanced payment of
N100,000 from recalcitrant bandits in the area.

Governor Matawalle, however, commended the security agencies in
the state for arresting one Dr Kamarawa with four full sets of
military camouflage uniforms and one army identification card.

He noted that Kamarawa specialised in the supply of army
uniforms and drugs to bandits before luck ran out on him on his way
from Sokoto to deliver the items to his customers in Zamfara.

The governor said as a leader, he cannot sit and fold his arms
while his people were being killed in connivance with those saddled
with the responsibility of protecting them.

He decried that the involvement of security agents in
criminality through the sales of ammunition would certainly
compromise and expose the sharing of credible intelligence to the
bandits.

Governor Matawalle stated that all those arrested in connection
with banditry would be made to face the full wrath of the law.