Police to investigate arrest of Zamfara APC chairman’s driver

The Zamfara State Police Command on Sunday promised to investigate the arrest and detention of the driver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in the state, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, by some policemen.

The command’s spokesman, Yazid Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Gusau, said though the command was not aware of the incident, it would still carry out a thorough investigation into the allegation.

The command was reacting to a statement credited to the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Yusuf Idris, in which he alleged that some policemen attached to the Government House Gusau, trailed the driver, arrested and detained him for hours.

Idris said the car with registration number GUS 51 AH belongs to the APC chairman in the state.

The vehicle, according to him, was seized by the police without a warrant.

READ ALSO: Zamfara APC condemns invasion, vandalisation of Matawalle’s houses

He said: “We discovered that they were policemen attached to the Government House, Gusau; they explained to the driver that they were assigned by the state police command headquarters.

“The driver was detained for some hours at the government house by the police personnel without any explanation.”

The command’s spokesman, Yazid Abubakar, who reacted to the claim in a statement in Gusau, said though the command was not aware of the incident, it would still carry out a thorough investigation into the allegation.

“We have not received any report of this nature, but the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Bunu will invite all the parties involved in the matter for investigation.

“After which the command will make the findings available to the general public,” the spokesman added.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now