DSS arrests woman with 200 rounds of ammunition in Kano
By Editor
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a 25-year-old woman, Nafisa Usman, for allegedly being in possession of 200 rounds of ammunition in Kano.
A source at the DSS said operatives of the service, arrested the woman at the Unguwa Uku Motor Park in Kano, while on her way to deliver the ammunition to bandits in Kankara, Katsina State.
Usman was said to have purchased the ammunition in Lafia, Nasarawa State for onward delivery to Kankara.
The suspect, who hailed from Zango village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, was intercepted in Kano during an operation following a tip-off.
She reportedly confessed that the ammunition was supplied to her from Lafia and delivered to Unguwa Uku motor park in Kano for onward transportation to Katsina for bandits operating in the Kankara bush.
The suspect claimed 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.
She also alleged that she supplied the ammunition to a bandit identified as Mallam Haruna, said to be operating in the Kankara forest.
According to her, she was introduced to the alleged bandit by a man identified as Sulaiman, a livestock trader based in Kano.
She claimed to have conducted transactions worth about N5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and other individuals identified as Buba and Abu, who were also said to be operating in the forest.
The suspect expressed regret over her involvement, stating that she had now been exposed.
