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DSP Mohammed Mainagge, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Kebbi on Friday when speaking with newsmen said that two people were killed and several injured in Ngaski LGA when the police and some youths in the area clashed over a court’s verdict.
He said the clash occurred on Wednesday when some youths attempted to burn down the divisional police station in the area.
Mainagge, however, said that normalcy had since been restored in the area, while investigations into the causes of the clash had commenced.
Alhaji Yusuf Umar, the Chief Orientation and Mobilisation Officer, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in the area said that the clash was triggered by a dispute between Suleiman Aliyu and a policeman, Bala Atto.
He said attempts by Atto to arrest Aliyu were resisted by some youths, who accused the police of victimisation.
He said that Aliyu took the matter to court, while the magistrate referred the matter to the police for investigation.
Umar said that the police investigation found that Aliyu had a case to answer for assaulting a policeman in uniform and the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison.
He said that when the court refused to grant bail to the accused, some irate youths, who protested against the court’s verdict, became unruly and violent in their agitation for Aliyu’s bail.
Umar said that in the ensuing fracas, the police attempted to restore calm and fired some shots which led to the death of two persons.
He said the clash occurred on Wednesday when some youths attempted to burn down the divisional police station in the area.
Mainagge, however, said that normalcy had since been restored in the area, while investigations into the causes of the clash had commenced.
Alhaji Yusuf Umar, the Chief Orientation and Mobilisation Officer, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in the area said that the clash was triggered by a dispute between Suleiman Aliyu and a policeman, Bala Atto.
He said attempts by Atto to arrest Aliyu were resisted by some youths, who accused the police of victimisation.
He said that Aliyu took the matter to court, while the magistrate referred the matter to the police for investigation.
Umar said that the police investigation found that Aliyu had a case to answer for assaulting a policeman in uniform and the court ordered that he should be remanded in prison.
He said that when the court refused to grant bail to the accused, some irate youths, who protested against the court’s verdict, became unruly and violent in their agitation for Aliyu’s bail.
Umar said that in the ensuing fracas, the police attempted to restore calm and fired some shots which led to the death of two persons.