Police speak as 5 vigilante members torture man to death
The Niger Police Command has arrested five members of local vigilantes in Kontagora for allegedly torturing one person to death.
The suspects include Ahmadu Yahaya, 35; Dahiru Abdullahi, 28; Abdulrasheed Atabo, 20, all members of the Hisba commission while Yakubu Usman, 25, and Yunusa Adamu, 24, belong to the Yankumiti vigilante group. “The deceased was alleged to be responsible for the abduction of one Maryam Salmanu of Unguwan Yamma in Kontagora Local Government Area, believed to be the girl friend of one of the suspects,” he said.
He told NAN that the suspects, however, allegedly tortured the trio and inflicted various degrees of injuries on them, but later released two of the suspects leaving behind the deceased in their custody.
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