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Sokoto Community Pounce On Man Who Supplies Arms To Bandits, Dump His Body In A River

Onika Drew July 28, 2020 Arms, bandits, Sokoto, Supplier,

An unidentified man from Niger Republic who is suspected to be an arms supplier to bandits, has been beaten to death and his remains, dumped inside a river in Gada local government area of Sokoto State.

In a statement released, the spokesperson of the State police command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the incident, saying that the yet-to-be identified man was intercepted on his way to Zamfara with thousands of live ammunition.

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“On July 26, information was received at Gada Divisional Headquarters that the yet-to-be identified person from Niger Republic, who was suspected to be supplying arms and ammunition to bandits, was intercepted at Diboni village of Gada L.G.A on his way to Zamfara State.

“His passage was obstructed by flood due to heavy downpour. The suspect sought community members to assist him bypass the flooded area, in the course of which a sack conveyed on his motorcycle was suspected by the villagers. The sack was forcibly opened against resistance by the suspect and a large quantity of ammunition was discovered to be concealed in the sack, which led to the subsequent lawless lynching and disposing of the remains of the suspect into a river by the Villagers,” he disclosed.

Sadiq said on receiving the information, the DPO Gada Divisional Headquarters led a team of detectives to the scene, recovered three thousand one hundred and forty-four (3144) 7.62x39mm calibre of AK 47 live ammunition and an unregistered Kasea Motorcycle.

He added that the Commissioner of Police Sokoto State Command, CP Ibrahim S. Kaoje, directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to commence a full-scale investigation into the development and ensure recovery of the corpse for possible autopsy and identification.