On Thursday the Nigerian police paraded an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Maikano Sarkin-Tasha for supplying anti-aircraft rockets and AK-47 ammunition to bandits in Zamfara State as reported by online media.
In his confessional statement, the NSCDC operative also admitted to supplying narcotics to the terrorists. He disclosed that he was introduced to trading in illicit firearms two years ago by a fellow security operative.
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 state capital, Commissioner of Police, Shehu Muhammad Dalijan, also paraded a quack doctor, Mamuda Sani Makakari, accused of treating terrorists . He was caught with 441 live ammunition.
The police also paraded the wife of a notorious bandit, Kachalla Jiji, as well as the wife of Bello Kaura, another notorious bandit. The women were arrested with two children each