The Nigerian military, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin, have arrested one Aminu Ibrahim, said to be the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Birnin Yero Ward Chairman in the Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara for alleged banditry activities.
The suspect was arrested on Monday alongside two others for smuggling weapons into the state.
government area of Zamfara.
“The troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN acting on a credible intelligence on activities of a notorious gunrunner with intentions to smuggle arms into Zamfara state, troops immediately set up a roadblock and apprehended the three men, namely Musa Usman Seun, Aminu Ibrahim, and Isah Mohammed were arrested with a sum of Two Million Five Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira, 1 Volkswagen Wagon, 3 mobile phones and other items were recovered from the suspects.
“A preliminary investigation revealed that the huge sum of money recovered from the suspects was for exchange of assorted weapons at the Illela border in Sokoto State. The suspects are undergoing further interrogation.”
