The Police in Kebbi State have arrested six vigilante
members for allegedly killing suspected kidnappers.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Danjuma,
disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi.
Danjuma said vigilantes from Kanji village, Mahuta district,
Fakai Local Government Area of the state, arrested two men – Muhammad Dankarami
and Muhammadu Buda of Maidangwami village – alleged to be kidnappers.
He said the alleged suspects were not given an opportunity
to explain themselves but were killed by the vigilantes and their bodies
subsequently set ablaze.
According to him, the suspected vigilantes were arrested and
had owned up to the alleged crime.
Danjuma said: “You will agree with me it is an-extra
judicial killing and inhuman on the part of the suspects. Such an act is
condemnable and can’t be tolerated in the country”.
He however appealed to the members of the public to see
fighting crime as a collective responsibility, adding that “we should continue
to partner to maintain our status as the safest state in Nigeria”.
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