Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has commended the police for the recent arrest of a suspected supplier of food and arms to bandits in bushes in the state.
He made the commendation when he visited the police command in the state in Gusau.
The Governor, who was conducted round the command headquarters by the state’s Police Commissioner Celestine Okoye, directed that an abandoned eight-bedroom building in the premises should be completed immediately.
He said that his visit to the command was part of his programme of encouraging security agencies in the fight against armed banditry and other crimes in the state.
Receiving the Governor, Okoye explained that the suspected arms supplier, who he gave his name as Sani Rabiu was tracked by the police with a consignment to bandits’ hideout in Ajjah bush in Gusau Local Government Area of the state.