As the fight against banditry, cattle rustling and terrorism continues, the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (CWC) has arrested another informant to bandits in Runka town, Safana Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Salisu Runka, for allegedly working with bandits as an informant.
A video posted by a user on Wednesday and seen by Katsina Mirror online shows a suspect confessing to his role as an informant to bandits terrorizing parts of Katsina State.
In his confession, he said, “”I’m Alhaji Salisu Runka, and I promise to confess to the authorities about my involvement with bandits from beginning to end.
“I was arrested for allegedly serving as an informant to the bandits, and I agree that the allegations are true.
“Alhaji Ruga Kachala, Sani Maodinge, and Usman Mani Gurugu are the bandits I conspired with; some are in the forest while others stay in Runka village,
“There are people whom the bandits abducted, for whom I served as an informant to facilitate their abduction. I knew about all the invasions by the bandits into Runka village.
“During the first operation by the bandits, Alhaji Ruga Kachala called me to inform me that they would invade Runka village to abduct people. I provided them with the details of 12 people to abduct from Alhaji Ma’azu Runka’s house and also informed them about five people at Salmanu’s house,
“I worked together with Worewore Seriki Baki; he was the one who brought my share to me. He also stayed in Runka, and the bandits gave him N800,000, which we shared,
“They stormed Runka, shot sporadically, and killed two people,”
As at the time of filing this report, the authenticity of the video could not be ascertained but in the video Runka stated that no one forced him to confess, but that his secret was exposed as an informant for the bandits.
He also confessed to have been aiding bandits as an informant for almost four years.
He said after an operation, they gave him N400,000 as his share, while they collected N25 million in ransom along with two motorcycles and during another during another incident, the bandits also called him to say they were coming to Runka, and he instructed them to proceed.
Katsina State Community Watch Corps (CWC) has stepped up their operations in recent times to stamp out banditry,cattle rustling and other forms of criminality in Katsina State.
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