DPO Escapes With Four Suspects As Angry Youths Attack Police Station

By Josephine Ella-Ejeh

Angry youths have attacked the police station in Zurmi town, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara.

The irate youth from the community, during the Saturday evening attack, demanded that the three suspected bandits arrested by the army and handed over to the police be released to them.

Zamfara State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer(PRO), SP Muhammad Shehu confirmed the incident to newsmen in Gusau on Sunday.

Shehu said the three suspects were among the bandits who attacked villages in Mashema District of Zurmi Local Government Area on July 24, 2018.

He said when the news of the arrest of the suspects got into the town, some irate youths mobilised themselves to the police station and burnt a vehicle and some motorcycles at the station.

The command’s spokesman said the Divisional Police Officer in the area and other police officers at the police station escaped with the suspects through the back fence of the station.

He said normalcy has since been restored and the suspects have been handed over to the state police command for further investigation.

Shehu also advised members of the public to be law abiding and avoid taking laws into their hands.

Over 12,000 persons have been displaced from 18 communities in Zurmi Local Government Area and are presently camped by the state government at some government facilities in the town.

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