The number of suspected political thugs arrested by the Kano State Police Command has risen to 950 barely four days to the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections.
The state Police
Commissioner, Wakili Mohammed, confirmed the figure when members of the
Kano Election Peace Committee paid him a visit in his office on Tuesday.
He said the command had so far apprehended no fewer than 950 suspected
political thugs, locally referred to as ‘Yan Daba’, for allegedly
attacking innocent residents of Kano metropolis within the last nine
days.
He explained that most of the suspects were picked up in
different parts of the city for attacking residents with dangerous
weapons. According to him, out of the number, 750 have been remanded in
various prisons pending the completion of their trial by the courts.
The
CP said most of those arrested were found either acting under the
influence of substances suspected to be hard drugs, possession of
illicit drugs or with dangerous weapons. “We are consistently raiding
black spots and once you are arrested and confirmed to be a ‘Dan Daba’,
nobody will bail you,” Mohammed said.
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