Katsina: Police arrest 14 over attack on APC supporters

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 14 suspects in connection with an attack on a convoy of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state.

According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. on October 28.

The convoy was attacked while travelling through Malumfashi to Funtua for a campaign flag-off.

The police said a group of suspected political thugs armed with knives and stones assembled unlawfully and began pelting the convoy and other commercial vehicles.

According to the statement, the attackers smashed the windscreens of several vehicles and injured a female motorist travelling in a commercial vehicle.

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The Command said it had put security arrangements in place beforehand and deployed personnel along key routes, including the Yashi to Funtua road and officers stationed along the route moved in to restore order and made the arrests.

The suspects were named as Sagir Musa Maikudi (alias Yarkwanatuwa), 35; Abubakar Aliyu, 21; Fahat Aminu, 25; Mubarak Kabir, 27; Shamsu Aliyu, 29; Buhari Adamu, 20; Imrana Dalha, 20; Suleiman Sani, 20; Ismail Nasir, 22; Abdulganiyu Babangida, 23; Hassan Gambo, 17; Abbas Tukur, 22; Gaddafi Sani, 25; and Abdulkadir Muktar, 18.

Police said other suspects who fled have been identified and efforts to track and arrest them are being intensified.