Katsina govt declines comment on reported arrest of suspected bandits returning from Hajj

Katsina State Government has declined to remark connected reports of the apprehension of suspected bandit leaders astatine the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, Katsina, pursuing their instrumentality from the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage.

The improvement followed an earlier announcement by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, that 7 suspected commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, were arrested astatine the airdrome and handed implicit to the Department of State Services, DSS.

The curate said the arrests were made imaginable done Nigeria’s integrated integer individuality and borderline absorption system, which links the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, migration records and Interpol databases.

Reacting to the development, the Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasiru Mu’azu Danmusa, said the substance falls wrong the jurisdiction of national information agencies.

Speaking successful an interrogation with BBC Hausa, Danmusa said the authorities authorities neither carried retired nor authorised immoderate apprehension astatine the airport.

According to him, issues relating to borderline control, rider screen...