Police redeploy DPO over alleged ties with bandits

Zamfara state police command says it has redeployed the Divisional Police Officer of Kaura Namoda division over alleged ties with bandits in the state.

In a statement the state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said the redeployment was in response to a video trending on social media

In the video the communities of Kungurki village of Kaura Namoda LGA accused the DPO of conniving with recalcitrant armed bandits who were making the lives of the citizens unbearable.

Shehu said the available records of the command revealed no formal complaint against the DPO in respect of the allegation.