Kano Bye-election: Police Arrest 288 Thugs, Weapons
By Abdullahi Yusuf
The Police Command in Kano State says it has arrested 288 thugs with dangerous weapons during Saturday’s Bye-election held in the four local government areas of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspects,adding,”As at 1pm today (Saturday), 288 thugs were apprehended with dangerous weapons in the local government areas where the bye-election is going,” Haruna said.
He said the suspects were arrested for allegedly attempting to disrupt the bye-election.
He said the hoodlums were apprehended alongside their sponsors with dangerous weapons, including one pump-action gun, four locally made guns, cutlasses and sticks.
Items recovered from the suspects included one pump-action gun, four locally made guns, a number of cutlasses, sticks, bow and arrow, knives, catapult, among other dangerous weapons,” he said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of armed thugs were rounded up by the Security at Bagwai town as they attempted to disrupt the ongoing elections into the State House of Assembly in the local government area.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abdu Zango, confirmed to newsmen that the thugs were moving into Bagwai with their arms, but security operatives were on hand and they rounded them up and arrested them.
Zango expressed satisfaction with the security situation and the conduct of the election.
He, however, said that some thugs that were rounded up in Shanono town nearly disrupted the movements of election materials but security quickly came to the rescue of the situation.