Security agents apprehend suspected woman arms dealer in Kano

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By Bashir Bello

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Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Nafisa Usman, who specialises in supplying ammunition to terrorists in Katsina State.

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The suspect was apprehended at one of the Kano major motor parks after purchasing the ammunition from faraway Nassarawa State for onward delivery to Kankara in Katsina State.

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The DSS operatives noted that the suspect, who hails from Zango village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, was intercepted in Kano in possession of 200 rounds of brand new ammunition concealed inside garri and rice.

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The suspect confessed that the ammunition was supplied to her from Lafia in Nasarawa State and delivered to Unguwa Uku motor park in Kano for onward transportation to Katsina for bandits in the Kankara forest.

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She further claimed that she had been involved in the trade for about two months, adding that one “Teso,” whom she described as working with a soldier in Lafia, used to send the consignments to her.

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The suspect also alleged that she supplied the ammunition to a bandit identified as Mallam Haruna, said to be operating in the Kankara forest.

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According to her, she was introduced to the alleged bandit by a man identified as Sulaiman, a livestock trader based in Kano.

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She claimed to have conducted transactions worth about ₦5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and other individuals identified as Buba and Abu, who were also said to be operating in the forest.

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The suspect expressed regret over her involvement, stating that she had now been exposed.

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