Adebayo Adenrele
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a lawmaker and a former local government chairman in the state over their involvements in banditry activities within Zamfara.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, Muhammad Dalijan disclosed this on Wednesday while playing host to Thomas Parker, who heads the Counterterrorism Unit at the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime.
During the meeting at the command headquarters in Gusau, the state capital, Dalijan made a plea to the United Nations for assistance in establishing a forensic laboratory to overcome the obstacle of having to travel to Lagos for forensic analysis.
While he did not disclose the identities of the legislator and former council leader, he encouraged the UN to implement a similar initiative in Zamfara as they did in Maiduguri.