The Kano police command says it arrested eight suspects for attempting to disrupt the inauguration of newly appointed commissioners at the Kano Government House.

Police commissioner Usaini Gumel said on Friday that the suspects posed security threats at the venue.

He warned miscreants and their sponsors to stay away, as whoever tried to cause a security breach or disrupt the peace where critical government activities and functions were being conducted would be arrested and made to face the consequences of his actions.

The police commissioner said, “Enough of clusters of ‘Yan Jagaliya’ loitering around Government House, Audu Bako Secretariat and similar offices trying to disrupt governance. The leader of eight thugs, being unrepentant and without remorse, led his team to the venue again until he and his members met their Waterloo and were apprehended by the crime prevention patrol team after sustained vigilance.

“The suspected thugs constituted themselves as a pressure group and supporters of one of the infamous politicians and attempted to cause the breakdown of law and order.”

He explained that the suspects were currently at the command’s Criminal Investigation Department CID, where thorough investigations were ongoing to bring them to justice as provided by the law.

The police chief, while appreciating the good people of the state for their support and cooperation, also reiterated the determination of the command to ruthlessly deal with any miscreant or their sponsors under whatever guise that tried to disrupt the peace.

He urged the public to keep reporting suspicious movements of persons or items to the nearest police station or through the command’s emergency contact numbers. 

(NAN)