KANAM APC PRIMARIES; SUSPECTED ARMED THUGS ARRESTED, THREE SHARON VEHICLES INTERCEPTED BY SECURITY OPERATIVES.
The security agencies in kanam LGA has on Wednesday 23rd June 2021 nabbed 31 suspected armed thugs along Amper-jos road opposite Sunnah Clinic Dengi Kanam LGA.
The suspects were arrested by joined security operatives of the Nigeria police, the military, NSCDC, DSS and the local Vigilantes in the area.
The arrest was made following an intelligent tips from the men of the national Union of road transport workers (NURTW) in the locality.
The suspects who upon preliminary investigations, confessed to have brought in four Sharon vehicles from Bauchi State on a contract to disrupt the smooth conduct of the APC primary election in the locality.
The securities intercepted THREE of the Sharon vehicles that conveyed the suspects and one of the Sharon vehicle was damaged along Gumshar-Jos road while escaping in the bush paths alongside seven other fleeing suspects.
The suspects who are between the ages of 20-30 years of age further confessed to have been invited by a lawmaker on a mission to cause unnecessary tension and chaos in the area.
Reacting to the unfortunate situation, the council chairman Hon Wokdung Adamu Abbas calls for absolute calmness and commends the proactivenss of the security agencies in the area. Government will continue to support the security operatives in curbing all forms of insecurity in the locality, Hon Wokdung said.
The council chairman also directed the security agencies to transfer the suspects to the state-CID for further investigations.
Bashir Auta.
Senior special assistant to the executive chairman
(Media and publicity)
Kanam LGA.
25th June, 2021.
Freelance Reporters 