Over 2000 bandits informants have been arrested in Zamfara State as a result of the telecommunications shutdown in the state, according to Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, State Commissioner Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
The Commissioner who disclosed this in Kaduna State on Thursday while
giving an update on the ongoing military operations in the state.
He said the suspected informants are undergoing serious interrogation for
them to disclose their perpetrators and collaborators.
According to him, some of the arrested informants mentioned names of
highly influential individuals as their collaborators.
He said the security agencies are working on the information given by
the suspected informants to arrest those collaborators.
Dosara said many bandits have been neutralized by the security agencies across the state as many fled to neighbouring states like Sokoto and Katsina.
“Just a day ago a Commissioner of Police in Sokoto said 80 per cent of Zamfara bandits are now in Sokoto while only 20 per cent are remaining in Katsina and Zamfara state. As it’s now security agencies have arrested over 2000 informants in the state and are undergoing interrogation and they mentioned names of their collaborators to include some high personalities and the
security agencies are working on the information provided to get at their collaborators,” he said.
He added that state government is aware of the hardship the telecom
shutdown which was highly regretted saying.
He said the decision only to free the state from bandits not to cause the law-abiding citizens hardship.
He said telecom banned will be lifted in Gusau, the state capital before the end of this week.