The District Head of Kankara, otherwise called Sarkin-Pawan Katsina, Alh. Yusuf Lawal, has been dismissed by the Katsina Emirate Council for his alleged complicity in the activities of bandits and insurgents.
According to reports, Lawal was initially suspended by the Emirate in April. Consequently, he was found guilty of all the charges leveled against him by residents in his domain regarding his alliance with banditry within his domain.
The Spokesman of the Emirate, Ibrahim Bindawa, stated on Friday, before the dismissal that the District Head was suspended earlier for allegedly sponsoring the activities of bandits in Kankara, one of the frontline Local Government Areas bedeviled by insecurity in the State.
“The immediate suspension followed series of complaints by the residents after which investigation was conducted. The State government had hitherto directed the Emirate Council to commence investigation into the allegations leveled against the District Head.
“A committee was thereafter set up by the Emirate; after meeting security officials and other stakeholders, especially from the Kankara district, found the District Head guilty of aiding bandits and kidnappers terrorising Kankara LGA.
“Upon completion of the investigation, the Emirate found him guilty and submitted its report to the State Government where the Government further directed the Emirate to dismiss him”, Bindawa explained.
Recall that in December 2020, 344 students were abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara.
Boko Haram terrorists later claimed responsibility for the abduction, saying that the attack was carried out to rein in un-Islamic practices in the school.
