Kano LG Chairmen Arrested With Arms

 

With a few hours to Presidential and National Assembly poll, a joint security force, comprising the military, police, SSS and NSCDC, have arrested the chairmen of Ungogo and Rimingado Local Government Areas of Kano State, Abdullahi Ramat and Munir Dahiru respectively with pistols.

Quoting a ‘credible security source’ DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the duo was arrested while leading armed thugs to attack the convoy of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, along Zaria Road, Kano.

“The joint security force were on show of force when they encountered the chairmen leading the thugs. The security agents immediately disarmed the chairmen and arrested over 100 thugs laying ambush on the NNPP candidate.

“They are currently detained at the Criminal Investigation Department, and the joint security force is intensifying patrol in the city to bring all the criminals to book,” the source added.

The newspaper said that the spokesman for Kano Police Command Abdullahi Kiyawa did not respond to call at the time of filing this report.

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