From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna
Niger state police command has arrested 32 suspects in connection with the recent youths clash and thuggery leading to the killing of two persons in Minna.
A statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
DSP Wasiu A Abiodun, said the “Yan Sara Suka” of Ogbomosho and Limawa area of Minna were engaged in a fight at Lagos Street and Unguwar-Daji areas using machetes, sticks, stones and other dangerous weapons.
Abiodun added that police patrol teams were drafted to the area to disperse the thugs.
He confirmed that a shop owner at Ogbomosho road, one Ifeanyi Patrick, aged 39 was stabbed to death as a result of the thuggery, while a Police officer also lost his life in the process.
According to him, “fourteen (14) suspects were arrested at the scene and normalcy was restored while in a follow-up raid, eighteen (18) other suspects were arrested at Limawa, Unguwar-Daji, Unguwar-Sarki, Abayi-close and Kongila”.
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