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The Katsina State Neighborhood Watch Corps (CWC), Batsari Command, has arrested Sanusi Bature, a resident of Tsabawa village in Safana Native Authorities Space, for allegedly serving as an informant to bandits terrorise the area.
Bature was accused of aiding the kidnapping of over 50 civilians from neighbouring Surugi neighborhood, against the law for which he reportedly obtained ₦250,000.
In a video posted by Katsina Metropolis Information, Bature admitted to aiding the bandits by offering them with intelligence concerning the motion of safety personnel.
“My identify is Sanusi Bature. I’m from Tsabawa village. I served as an informant to the bandits. They used to name me on the cellphone to ask if the world was safe due to the presence of safety companies,” he confessed.
In accordance with Bature, he would advise the bandits on when to keep away from the world to make sure the security of their operations. He recounted the harrowing Shirgi assault, stating: “Once they invaded the Surugi neighborhood, greater than 50 folks had been kidnapped, and I used to be given ₦250,000. In Tsabawa, which is my village, seven folks had been kidnapped by the bandits, however the victims had been later rescued.”
The suspect additionally revealed that the bandits contacted him to ship his share of the ransom collected from their victims.
The CWC confirmed that Bature admitted to all allegations towards him throughout questioning.
When The Bureau Newspaper contacted the Katsina State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, he neither answered his calls nor replied to the message despatched to him.
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