17 suspects
including Fulani herdsmen and others have been paraded by the Police for their
alleged involvement in the crisis rocking some parts of Southern Kaduna, Kaduna
State. The police explained that the suspects were arrested for inciting public
disturbance, disturbance of public peace, causing mischief by fire, culpable
homicide, theft and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms.
The Force
also noted that the act instigated by the suspects led to the death of so many
people.
The suspects
paraded are; Nelson Paul, Bulus Jatau, Magaji Shaibu, Danlami Yakubu, Idris
Bello, Danjuma Barde, Goma Adamu, Samuel Joshua and Abudulkareem Abdul.
Other
suspects are; Haruna Iliyasu, Hassan Idris, Adamu Haruna, Adamu Umar. Sulieman
Saleh, Abubakar Mohammadu and Muhammad Jori.
Items
recovered from them include; 29 assorted firearms and ammunition.
Breifing
Jiurnalists in Abuja yesterday, the Force Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood said the
success was recorded after the IGP constituted an Operation Harmony team.
According to
him: “Concerned by the recent unfortunate sectarian crisis in Kafanchan and
neighboring communities in Kaduna state where so many innocent lives were lost
and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, as a result of this and the
need to put a final stop to the crisis the Inspector General of Police, IGP
Ibrahim Idris constituted a Joint Tactical Operation Squad (Operation Harmony).
The team
comprised of the Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, Intelligence Response Team, SIB, EOD, the IGP Monitoring
Unit, Police K9 (Sniffer Dog Section), Police Air wing and Police Medical Team
with Headquarters in Kafanchan.
“The
operation recorded remarkable achievements in tackling the crisis and
preventing further disturbance of public peace across southern Kaduna.
“17 suspects
were arrested in the act and catches of fire arms and ammunition were recovered
from them. They would be charged for homicide to ensure that it serves as
active deterent to others”.
Moshood
added: “All the suspects paraded comprises of the Fulani’s and the natives. It
was reported in certain session of the press that nobody has been arrested and
investigated but it is not true.
He also
noted that aside the 17 paraded, others are presently undergoing investigation
and they would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.
On the exact
number of death recorded since the crisis commenced, he said.
(National
Helm)
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