Three people were confirmed dead while fourteen sustained various injuries from police gun shots following an outbreak of law and order in the commercial city of Jega town in kebbi state.
Speaking with newsmen at Jega General Hospital, the State Commissioner of Police, Ishiaku Barau Ningi, explained that the incident occurred following assassination of one of the businessmen by the men of the underworld, Alhaji Garba Dankane Jega on Saturday at about 7:30pm.
He disclosed after the burial of the deceased on Sunday some youths on their way from the cemetery started shouting and advancing towards the police station demanding for the removal of the Divisional Police Officer ( DPO) , whom they accused of laxity and not responding on time during the incident.
The mob then set ablaze two police quarters.
Ningi said that the police had no option than to protect themselves by shooting into air to scare the protesters.
He said those killed was as a result of stray bullets, but admitted that the police are trained to shoot only on the kneels in such a situation.
He however, announced the immediate transfer of the Jega Divisional Police Officer ASP Aliyu Yusuf.
According to him, situation was put under control and normalcy had already returned to the commercial nerve of the state.
He appealed to the people to avoid taking law in to their hands adding that ” we have to tolerate one another to ensure peaceful co-existance”
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
