Zamfara government, on Wednesday, said it has so far prosecuted more than 1,000 defaulters for violation of Executive Order aimed at tackling insecurity in the state.
Chairman of the Task Force Committee on lnsecurity, Abubakar Dauran made the disclosure, in Gusau on Wednesday.
Dauran, who spoke while parading one Zayyanu Bingi, 42, arrested for alledgely buying fuel from different filling stations in the past few days.
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He said the committee through collaboration with security forces also arrested 100 other suspects including those involved in kidnapping and banditry as well as those who specialised in providing information to the bandits.
The chairman said the security forces were investigating the suspects to ascertain their involvement in the allegations.
“The state government had banned the purchase of fuel and similar products in containers.
“Many people were found to be using that to supply bandits with fuel in the various camps across the state,” he said.
The Chairman said the committee had set up a Mobile Court to try defaulters of the Executive Order, adding that the defaulters were tried and fined, while others were sent to correctional centers in the state.
According to him, the committee has intensified surveillance in the area of fuel and supply Gusau since inception.
Dauran said, Zayyanu was arrested while making attempts to make his seventh trip to convey gallons of the product concealed in sacks and ready to deliver to the bandits camps.
He urged members of the public to continue to expose the bad eggs among residents as a way to restore peace to the state.
Meanwhile, the suspect, Zayyanu Bingi denied supplying fuel to bandits.
He said he only supplied the commodity to members of his community who were in need.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state government had announced the reopening of six additional weekly markets across the state to ease the suffering of residents in accessing food stuff.
The reopenned markets include that of Magami; Danjibga, Shinkafi, Nasarawa Burkullu, Nasarawa Godal and Kasuwar Daji in Gusau, Tsafe, Bukuyum and Kaura Namoda LGAs.
The government, however, insisted that livestock markets remained closed until further notice. (NAN)
