The Police Public Relation Officer of the state, Wasiu Abiodun, while parading the suspects, said they were arrested after a house-to...
The District Head, Mohammed Abdulsafur, died in a hospital last week from the injuries he sustained when some irate youths attacked his resident.
Others include, Ismaila Mohammed, 38, Ademola Okunola 51, Ilyasu Dantani 28, Yakubu Mohammed, 35, Yusuf Sarki 49, Atiku Mohammed, 21, Adamu Yusuf 46 andMr Abiodun claimed that during interrogation, the suspects confessed that there has been a lingering issue of chieftaincy tussle between the late Village Head and Umar Ilyasu Sarki, who claimed that the thirty-seven District heads in the community are loyal to him; and that they did not recognise the late village head as their leader.
The source added that the district head was attacked immediately after he returned home. The source said apart from killing the village head, the mob also removed one of the eyes of his younger brother during the attack.When asked, the police told a different story. The spokesperson of the police in the state told this newspaper that the district head willingly returned home and was handed over to one of his sons, who is also a police officer.
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