Post-election violence: Police arrest 17 more suspects in Zamfara

The Police Command in Zamfara State has arrested 17 more suspects in connection with post-election violence following the announcement of the governorship election result in the state.

The command said it had also recovered looted and vandalised property.

This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, SP Muhammad Shehu.

Shehu recalled that police detectives of the command led by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kolo Yusuf, earlier in connection with post-governorship election violence arrested 40 suspects and recovered some of the looted and vandalised property worth millions of naira.

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The statement reads in part: “In the course of investigation, the suspects confessed committing the offences and further narrated how they invaded APC campaign offices belonging to Sen Kabiru Marafa, Sen Hassan Dan’iya and looted property worth millions of naira.” (NAN)