Zamfara State police Command has confirmed the clash between Zamfara State Anti-Thuggery Committee operatives and some criminal elements on Thursday evening in Gusau, the State capital.
In a telephone conversation, the State police spokesman, S P Mohammed Shehu said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yusuf Kolo has visited the scene where he assured the public that justice will be done through thorough investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators.
SP Shehu further stated that already some suspects have been arrested in connection with the case and they are in police custody undergoing investigation, while some of them were still in the hospitals receiving treatments.
He further called on the general public to be calm and law abiding and not to take laws into their hands.
Recall that the chairman, Zamfara State Anti-Thuggery Committee, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Bakyasuwa had on Friday addressed newsmen in his office regarding the exchange of fire at the Gusau Central motorpark between his personnel and some criminal elements.
Bakyasuwa explained that his committee’s operatives were at the park to arrest some suspected drug barons who supply dangerous drugs to bandits in the State, saying that the committee’s intention was to arrest the principal offenders which they did.
He said that the arrest of the drug barons triggered an exchange of fire between his personnel and the hoodlums in the motorpark, which resulted in the death of one person, injuring scores.
Speaking further, Bakyasuwa explained that the drug barons were responsible for the political crisis in the State due to the supply of dangerous weapons, drugѕ and other logistics to hoodlums in the State.
