BY AYO OLOWO
Cattle rustlers in Kaduna State have once again been bettered by security operatives. Some cows, numbering 1,232, were recovered in the combined operations by the military, police, the State Security Service (SSS), and some other agencies in the Kamuku and Kuyanbana forest ranges that straddle the borders of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Kebbi and Sokoto States.
Samuel Aruwan who is the spokesperson for Kaduna State governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai, made this known during a briefing in Kaduna.
“Security operatives in the Kamuku and Kuyanbana forests on Thursday, 13 August 2015, brought newly recovered livestock to the Birnin-Gwari distribution centre. These included 1,232 cows, 295 sheep and 14 donkeys,” he stated.
“Most of the recovered animals have been released to their owners after satisfying the necessary conditions. A total of 1,207 cows, 273 sheep and 14 donkeys were released to the following persons: Abubakar Abdulkarim, 157 cows and 12 sheep; Iliyasu B. Abdulkarim, 40 cows, 10 sheep and one donkey; Gambo Na’Alhaji Alhassan, 118 cows and two donkeys; Beti Abdulkarim, 45 cows, 13 sheep and four donkeys; Hassan Abdulkarim, 239 cows, 50 sheep and four donkeys”.
“Others are: Sada Abdulkarim, 37 cows and 6 sheep; Baba A. Hare, 209 cows, 48 sheep and three donkeys; Muhammad Sani, 58 cows and 28 sheep; Abdullahi Ahmed, 105 cows, and 33 sheep.”
