Security operatives have arrested Sirajo Ahmad Dan Liman, Deputy Chief Imam of the Central Jumu’ah Mosque in Kangiye, Atakwanyo Ward, Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, for alleged collaboration with armed bandits.
Sources said intelligence investigations linked him to the supply of motorcycles and other essential items to criminal groups operating along the Tangaza–Niger Republic border axis.
Operatives reportedly discovered N47 million in his bank account, suspected to be proceeds from the transactions.
Further findings revealed that Sirajo also serves as the ward chairman of a political party in Atakwanyo and the secretary of the forum of political party chairmen in Gwadabawa LGA.
The suspect, who often deputised for his father, the Chief Imam, during Ramadan and Friday prayers, is said to have been under discreet surveillance before his arrest.
Authorities said the operation was part of efforts to dismantle the financial and logistical networks sustaining banditry in Sokoto and neighbouring states.
