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  The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested five notorious suspects involved in banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and illegal possession of firearms. The suspects were paraded by the Police Public Relations Officer, Shehu Mohammed, on Friday. Mohammed explained that the arrest of the suspects was a result of the collaboration between the police and the state leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). He stated that the command would continue to work with any group or persons willing to work for the peace of Zamfara and the north-west region. The PPRO assured the people of Zamfara that the command was working hard to ensure the state was free of all criminal activities. Those arrested were said to have been terrorising various communities in Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina states in the North-West, and Niger State in the North-Central part of the country. “ Items recovered from the suspects included four AK-49 rifles, nine magazines, 960 live ...

The Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore ,recently  announced the establishment of its nationwide security outfit in order to curtail security challenges confronting the country. National President and Secretary of the association, Bello Bodejo and Saleh Alhassan, respectively, who disclosed news of the formation of the outfit in a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said the outfit, code-named Miyetti Allah Vigilante, is aimed at assisting security agencies in checkmating such crimes as kidnapping, cattle rustling and banditry. The formation of the outfit, however,called the attention of other socio-cultural and political groups, such as the Yoruba’s Afenifere, Igbo’s Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Niger Delta’s PANDEF, who protested against the national outlook. They contended that the activities of the Fulani security outfit should be localized, rather than giving it national coloration. However, the Miyetti Allah leaders said the vigilante would o...