Operatives of the Division of State Providers (DSS) have arrested a 25-year-old girl, Nafisa Usman, with 200 rounds of brand name new ammunition.
The lady is claimed to be specialised in provides in interstate ammunition dealing.
The suspect was apprehended at one among Kano’s main motor parks after buying the ammunition from Nasarawa state heading to Kankara in Katsina state.
The DSS acknowledged that the suspect, who hails from Zango village in Kankara native authorities space of Katsina state, was intercepted in Kano throughout an operation following a tip up.
The suspect confessed that the ammunition was provided to her from Lafia in Nasarawa state and delivered to Unguwa Uku motor park in Kano for onward transportation to Katsina for bandits within the Kankara forest.
She additional claimed that she had been concerned within the commerce for about two months, including that one “Teso,” whom she described as working with a soldier in Lafia, used to ship the consignments to her.
The suspect additionally alleged that she provided the ammunition to a bandit recognized as Mallam Haruna, stated to be working within the Kankara forest.
She stated she was launched to the alleged bandit by a person recognized as Sulaiman, a livestock dealer based mostly in Kano.
She claimed to have performed transactions value about N5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and different people recognized as Buba and Abu, who had been additionally stated to be working within the forest.
The suspect expressed remorse over her involvement, stating that she had now been uncovered.