Residents of
Gusau, the Zamfara State capital would
not forget in a hurry, the unbelief and chaos
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.
Source: daily sun
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