Police kill 3, Injure 17 in Kebbi
This is serious,.... Three people were confirmed dead while fourteen sustained various
injuries from police gun shots following an outbreak of law and order in
the commercial city of Jega town in kebbi state.
Speaking with newsmen at Jega General Hospital, the State Commissioner of Police, Ishiaku Barau Ningi, explained that the incident occurred following assassination of one of the businessmen by the men of the underworld, Alhaji Garba Dankane Jega on Saturday at about 7:30pm.
He disclosed after the burial of the deceased on Sunday some youths on
their way from the cemetery started shouting and advancing towards the
police station demanding for the removal of the Divisional Police
Officer ( DPO) , whom they accused of laxity and not responding on time
during the incident.Speaking with newsmen at Jega General Hospital, the State Commissioner of Police, Ishiaku Barau Ningi, explained that the incident occurred following assassination of one of the businessmen by the men of the underworld, Alhaji Garba Dankane Jega on Saturday at about 7:30pm.
The mob then set ablaze two police quarters.
Ningi said that the police had no option than to protect themselves by shooting into air to scare the protesters.
He said those killed was as a result of stray bullets, but admitted that the police are trained to shoot only on the kneels in such a situation.
He however, announced the immediate transfer of the Jega Divisional Police Officer ASP Aliyu Yusuf.
According to him, situation was put under control and normalcy had already returned to the commercial nerve of the state.
He appealed to the people to avoid taking law in to their hands adding that ” we have to tolerate one another to ensure peaceful co-existance”
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