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The Zamfara State Government said on Friday that an army officer (names witheld) is currently under investigation having been arrested in Zamfara for conniving with bandits in terrorizing citizens.
Deputy Chief of Staff to the state governor, Dr. Bashir Maru revealed this at a press briefing on the matter in Gusau on Friday.
He said, the army officer was engaged in the crime along with his girl friend, who had also been arrested and is in custody.
“An issue of topical importance is a recent arrest by the Military of an Army officer and his girlfriend who are engaged in assisting bandits with Military uniforms and ammunitions in active connivance with other saboteurs.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor and the three service chiefs in very plain terms that they have just few weeks to adequately secure the nation.
This is just as the CDS promised to overhaul the nation’s security apparatus with a view to ensuring peace and tranquility across the country.
The President who spoke at the State House, Abuja after decorating the CDS with his new rank as four-star General and the service chiefs as three-star generals, charged the newly appointed service chiefs to speed up their actions in freeing the country from the current state of insecurity.
The Zamfara State Government on Friday said a Nigerian soldier and his girlfriend were recently caught supplying ammunitions and military uniforms to armed bandits in the state.