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“The gang leader, Abdullahi Mai-Rafi confessed to having conspired with the others and sold all the cows at Dankama market, Kaita LGA of the state. Two cows and N444,000 were recovered as exhibits from them.”
Penitent bandits turned robbers
OYAKHAMOH Y. CARL-ABU’BAKAR | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
So-called repentant bandits who were recruited into the Katsina government have manifested their true identity by escalating their role into full-time armed robbery in the state.
It will be recalled that Nigerians have been protesting the so-called de-radicalization and rehabilitation of these ex-criminals into government parastatals but it appears the government will not take heed.
Those who were recently arrested were in Gov. Bello Masari of Katsina state government working in his cabinet in the amnesty programme for repentant bandits. The arrested are Abdullahi Mai-Rafi 43, Abbas Haruna alias Dogo-Abbas 34 and Usman Hassan, (aka Manu) 50.
The trio is believed to be working in the office of the Special Adviser on security, with all the pay and perks attached. However, the police just discovered they were moonlighting or spying on government activities against banditry and supplying arms which they slipped into banditry — cattle rustling, robbery, and namedropping.
According to the state, police spokesperson Gambo said, the trio went to Danmarke forest, Ingawa LGA, with a motor vehicle – Toyota Camry, ash in colour, with registration number DE 631 LED and attacked a herder, one Alhaji Gide Suleiman of Malumafashi LGA while grazing his animals,
“Threatened him and his boys that they were from the office of the Special Adviser on Security to His Excellency, with a false allegation that their brother, Ine Sa’idu had robbed one Lawal of his herds and that they should either produce the said Saidu or bring hundred (100) cows.”
They fought the herder and succeeded in rustling 20 cows valued at N7.5m. They also searched and robbed the herder’s family of N40,000 and four GSM handsets.
The penitent bandits came the second time, attempting to stick up the same family. The police, already involved, moved in, and rounded them up.
“The gang leader, Abdullahi Mai-Rafi confessed to having conspired with the others and sold all the cows at Dankama market, Kaita LGA of the state. Two cows and N444,000 were recovered as exhibits from them.”
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