The number of suspected political thugs arrested by the Kano State
Police Command has risen to 950 barely four days to the rescheduled
presidential and National Assembly elections.
The state Police Commissioner, Wakili Mohammed,
confirmed the figure when members of the Kano Election Peace Committee
paid him a visit in his office on Tuesday. He said the command had so
far apprehended no fewer than 950 suspected political thugs, locally
referred to as ‘Yan Daba’, for allegedly attacking innocent residents of Kano metropolis within the last nine days.
He explained that most of the suspects were picked up in different
parts of the city for attacking residents with dangerous weapons.
According to him, out of the number, 750 have been remanded in various
prisons pending the completion of their trial by the courts.
The CP said most of those arrested were found either acting under the
influence of substances suspected to be hard drugs, possession of
illicit drugs or with dangerous weapons. “We are consistently raiding
black spots and once you are arrested and confirmed to be a ‘Dan Daba’,
nobody will bail you,” Mohammed said.
