Bandit’s wife trafficking fuel under hijab arrested

Three gallons of fuel in a sack; a leather bag carrying three gallons, equally brimful with fuel—all hidden under her hijab.

Rashida Hussaini, 25, made a perfect suspect. Especially so for being caught along Koar Guga-Jibya road in Katsina where restrictions have been placed on carrying fuel in containers, and other activities.

Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina, Gambo Isah, said Rashida couldn’t explain where she was coming from and where she was going.

According to Isah, the suspect said she is a resident of Daddara, a village in Jibiya Local Government Area of the state, and claimed she is from Gombe State, as well as from Hirji, a village in the Niger Republic.

She later added Ghana—where her husband was hustling. The containers of fuel, she added, were for her grinding.

The police spokesman said her matter became more suspicious when she could not give a definite address where she came from.

“It was obvious that she came out from the forest and was suspected to be aiding the activities of the bandits by providing them with information and supplying them with petrol for use in their motorcycles.

“From all indications, life is miserable for the bandits as they resort to sending their wives to disguise and come out to the town to buy petrol in sacks and leather, hide under their hijab and take to them in forest.”

The police spokesman also said the act was against the containment order banning sales of petrol in jerry cans and that she would be charged for aiding and abetting banditry.