The Police Command in Katsina State has given
repentant cattle rustlers a 40-day ultimatum to surrender all arms and
ammunition in their possession or face the consequences.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police and the State Government have recently
organised the handover of weapons by the former rustlers in Kankara Local
Government Area.
The Commissioner of
Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, gave the ultimatum while
addressing officials of the state chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Wednesday in Katsina.
“I advise the repentant
cattle rustlers to surrender all weapons in their possession.
“Those in possession of
Arms and Ammunition have 40 days to surrender them to the police and nothing
will happen to them.
“The former rustlers
have up to April 30 to present such weapons to their Police Divisional
Headquarters or the Police State Command,” he said.
Abdullahi stressed that
the police were aware that the repentant cattle rustlers handed over only one
quarter of the arms and ammunition in their possession.
“Anybody caught with
arms and ammunition after the April 30 deadline will face the wrath of the
law,” the commissioner warned.
The State Chairman of
the association, Alhaji Mannir Lamido, pledged that members of the union would
operate within the ambit of the law.
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