From Abdulkarim Umar
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested one Lawali Musa 'M' 36 year Old of Jangebe village in Talata Mafara and Jamilu Isah 'M' 40 year Old of Yar dole area in Gusau LGAs respectively.
The arrest of the two (2) suspects was made following a complain received from members of Yar Katsina community in Bungudu LGA against the principal suspect Lawali Musa, who deceitfully extorted the community.
This contained in a statement signed by command public relation officer SP Shehu Muhammad and made it available to the newsmen in Gusau the capital.
According to the statement, said the course of investigation, the Principal suspect confessed to have collected the sum of five million naira (N5, 000,000) from the community in the name of assisting them to have security agencies deployed to their community.
On the other hand, the second suspect Jamilu Isah confessed that, the sum of eight hundred thousand naira was deposited into his account.
Investigation is in progress with a view to arresting other suspects in connection with the offence, and will be charged to court , thereafter, to face full wrath of the law, so that it will serve as deterrence to others.
The Command uses this medium to reiterate that, deployment of security operatives to villages and communities is purely free of charge, and calls on all and sundry not to allow any person or group of person to decieve them in the name of securing deployment of security operatives to their areas. Instead, they should reach out to the Police or any relevant authority regarding the general security of their areas. Such person (s) should also be reported to the Police or any security agency for appropriate action.
