The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, Muhammad Dalijan, announced on Wednesday, that a current House of Assembly member and a former local government chairman have been arrested in connection with banditry in the state.

The announcement was made during a meeting with Thomas Parker, the officer in charge of the Counter terrorism Unit under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at the police command headquarters in Gusau, the state capital.

However, Dalijan did not disclose the names of the arrested lawmaker and former council chairman.

The region has experienced numerous criminal incidents. In March alone, suspected bandits kidnapped about 30 people from Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

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