DSS intercepts female bandits’ supplier with 220 rounds of ammunition in Kano

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) in Kano, have arrested a 25-year old woman, Nafisa Usman, with 220 rounds of ammunition concealed in sacks of gari at a motor park in Kano.

The suspect was billed to supply the ammunition to bandits in Katsina state.

She confessed to hail from Zango village, Kankara Local Government Area, Katsina state.

She was nabbed at a motor park while taking delivery of the ammunition, a security source said.

She concealed the ammunition and Naira notes in sacks of gari, but was intercepted after intelligence report.

Nafisa told journalists at the State Command of DSS, that she received the supply of the ammunition through a military officer from Lafia in Nasarawa State.

But she, however, said she had never met with the military officer, claiming that she mostly take delivery of the ammunition in various quantities at Unguwa Uku motor park in Kano.

Narrating how she operate her supply chain, the suspect confessed her trade supply to bandits operating in Katsina state through a man she identified as Mallam Haruna.

According to her, “Haruna who usually collect the ammunition for onward transmission to bandits in Kankara forest, Katsina has always been part of the supply business.”

She further confessed that she has been in the unpatriotic business for two months.

Nafisa added that one “Teso,” whom she described as a soldiers “partner in crime” in Lafia, Nasarrawa state, used to send the consignments to her.

Nafisa claimed to have conducted transactions worth about ₦5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and other individuals identified as Buba and Abu, who were also said to be operating in the forest.

She, however, regretted engaging in the illicit business.