SHOCKING: Weapons Found In Zamfara Lawmaker’s House
Fear
has gripped residents of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital following
the discovery of arms and ammunition, including grenade in the
residence of a lawmaker(names with held) in the state by security
operatives.
As the news of
the scary discovery spread in Gusau and neigbouring Tsafe town,there was
panic and tension as motorists and residents struggled for safety,
resulting in a gridlock.
A source who
pleaded anonymity, told Daily Sun that the raid on the lawmaker’s
residence followed a tip-off. According to sources , some men who were
arrested with arms in Kano, made confessional statement that they kept
their arms and ammunition in the Zamfara lawmaker’s house.
“We learnt that
it was based on this revelation that the security operatives stormed
his two houses in Tsafe town and Takama in Gusau metropolis,” a source
said.
It was further
gathered that following the raid, several AK47 rifles,boxes of live
ammunition and several tins of teargas were discovered in the
legislator’s residence in Gusau,while a grenade was discovered in his
house at Tsafe.
Checks by Daily
Sun revealed that the incident occurred after a top notcher of the
ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) was invited for questioning about
a month ago for his alleged romance with cattle rustlers in the state.
Observers in the state attributed the current trend to the extension of insurgency in the North.
When contacted, the embattled lawmaker maintained that he was invited by security agents and he had made a written statement.
Speaking on the development,
Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), in the state, DSP Lawal
Abdullahi, said the raid was carried out by a special team from Abuja
but declined further comment on the matter.culled
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