Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has ordered the closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe local government areas of the state for aiding banditry.
The governor gave the order through the Special Adviser on Security and Chairman, State Task Force Committee on Compliance, Abubakar Dauran, on Wednesday, shortly after security forces arrested four suspects for allegedly supplying bread and petrol to bandits.
Dauran said the suspects were arrested after they were monitored and later trailed by the security forces attached to the Taskforce.
“Some of these suspects were found using Jerrycans, gallons and generator tanks to buy petroleum from the filling stations and supplying the product to bandits in their hideouts,” he said.
“They were arrested carrying petroleum heading to Yanware village of Tsafe LGA, while the suspected bread suppliers were caught illegally using motorcycles to supply bread to some unknown persons, suspected to be bandits.”
Dauran said “in spite of the effort being made by the governor to provide a lasting solution to lingering security challenges in the state,” some unpatriotic citizens are sabotaging the effort.
He said the government would enforce the executive order to the letter, warning that violators, when caught, would face the full wrath of the law.
