The Kano State Police Command has said it arrested seven suspects who were planning to cause mayhem in the state over the Appeal Court ruling that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
According to The PUNCH, State Police Commissioner, Usaini Gumel, who made this known during a chat with newsmen on Monday.
He said the command arrested the suspects based on intelligence reports of some group planning to unleash violence in the state adding that they would soon be charged to court.
Gumel stated further that some faceless groups who claim to be traders are gathering at some points of the state, including some Local Government Areas, assuring that the command is on top of the situation.
He said, “Intelligence reports at our disposal show that these so-called traders are using religion to perpetuate their acts.
“Some patriotic Nigerians, came to us from Bebeji, Wudil and some other areas, reporting that some people are hiding under the guise of reading the Quran in the names of prayers, and already we have sent our men and dispersed them,” he said.
Gumel expressed concerns that the groups were trying to incite people against the police by speculating that they harassed women while dispersing them.
“These faceless groups are planning to send negative messages through the social media and traditional media against the Police and they are putting pressure to achieve their bad intentions,” he added.
