The Zamfara State Police Command has paraded 21 suspects for post-election violence that led to the vandalization and looting of public and private properties, including All Progressives Congress campaign offices across the state capital.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, various criminal offences, including banditry, kidnapping, theft and vandalization, among others.
Two semi-silent generators belonging to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Gusau; two standing refrigerators; vandalized doors; windows, tables, chairs, electric wires and different calibres of electronics, couches, 40 pieces of women’s wrappers, burglar-proof for windows and pillar reinforcement rods were recovered from the suspects.
It could be recalled that police detectives led by the Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf, had earlier arrested 40 suspects, recovered some of the looted items and vandalized property worth millions of naira which were displayed, and later charged the suspects to court, remanding them in prison.
The police command in Zamfara also arrested a “wanted” notorious bandit accused of terrorizing the state and environs.
The suspect, a male aged 25, was arrested by police tactical operatives on patrol who acted on intelligence.
According to the police, the suspect was already on the wanted list of the police for banditry, kidnapping and other heinous crimes.
