A family source confirmed Mr Margif’s arrest but could not immediately state the reason for the arrest or which police station he was taken to.
The market, established by former military governor Joseph Gomwalk, was gutted by fire in 2002 under suspicious circumstances.
This comes barely 24 hours after the federal government directed the closure of all unity schools in Abuja over growing insecurity.
Some of the people accused INEC officials of “allowing people they know to register before those of us who came early.”
“The troops responded swiftly and mobilised to the village, but on reaching the community, the attackers had fled the village.”
Witnesses say the bandits fired sporadically around the prison premises located along Joseph Gomwalk road, opposite police headquarters.
The government’s laxity in addressing emerging attacks could yet again heighten ethnic clashes among residents of “The Home of Peace and Tourism.”
