BEVERLY HILLS, May 22, (THEWILL) – The Katsina Emirate Council has sacked the district head of Kankara, Sarkin Pawwa Katsina, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal, over alleged complicity in banditry.
The Sarkin Yakin Katsina, Alhaji Bello Mamman Ifo, told newsmen in Katsina that the district head was found guilty of all the charges levelled against him regarding conspiring with bandits in the area
The Emirate official Spokesman and Sarkin Labarai, Alhaji Ibrahim Iro Bindawa, also confirmed the development, adding that the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmuminu Kabir Usman, ordered the sack of the district head.
The Emirate Committee, chaired by the Kauran Katsina and District Head of Rimi, had at a meeting with security officials and other stakeholders especially from Kankara District found Lawal guilty of romancing bandits and kidnappers operating in his domain by actively aiding and siding them.
He was also found guilty of frustrating efforts to tackle banditry and other security challenges in his area.
Kankara was in the news last year December following the abduction of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School in the town.
The mastermind of the abduction, a notorious bandit, Auwalun Daudawa, had also been allegedly reported killed by a rival group in a forest between Katsina and Zamfara state
