Community leaders in Katsina and Nasarawa states have commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for disrupting an alleged arms trafficking network suspected of supplying ammunition to terrorist groups operating across parts of the North.
The commendation followed the arrest of Abubakar Mubarak, an alleged arms trafficking kingpin, identified as 28-year-old by DSS operatives in Magabar Jibia, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday.
The arrest, according to community leaders who spoke separately with newsmen, was linked to the earlier apprehension of Ismail Lawalli, an alleged arms courier, along the Keffi-Abuja Highway in Nasarawa State.
The leaders, who declined to disclose their identities because of security concerns, said the arrests had exposed a wider network allegedly involved in the movement and supply of firearms and ammunition to terrorist elements across several northern states.
Mubarak, according to the sources, is a native of Mashema Village in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
