No fewer than three female hawkers have been arrested for allegedly being bandits’ informants in Dogon-Daji community in Kagarko council area of Kaduna State.

It was learnt that the suspects who hawked honey, were arrested on Thursday when Nigerian Army troops raided some areas in the community. 

The suspects were said to have been arrested after receiving intelligence information from an informant that was arrested two weeks earlier in the area.

A community leader who confirmed the arrest to Daily Trust said, “It is true; three women were arrested by soldiers around Dogon-Daji village last week. And I was shocked that these girls who hawked honey by the road could also be informants to bandits.”

Troops of 1 division of the Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch had in May killed six bandits and arrested three suspected informants in Giwa LGA, Kaduna.

In a statement, Samuel Aruwan, overseeing commissioner in the ministry of internal security and home affairs, said the troops acted on credible intelligence to neutralise the bandits.

“The troops set up an initial position at Sabon Sara village, where it was discovered that insurgents had abandoned a herd of rustled cattle as they hastily escaped from the location,” the statement hadread. 

“The troops then sighted insurgents at the market square of Galadimawa. A swift exchange of fire resulted in six insurgents being neutralised by the troops.

“A further search of the market area led to the arrest by the troops of three suspected collaborators and informants believed to have been offering logistic assistance to the criminal elements.”

Aruwan added that two motorcycles and four mobile phones were also recovered during the operation.

He said Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, commended the troops while calling for a thorough investigation to smoke out the rest of the bandits.

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