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Sympathisers outside the home of Prof. Aliyu Muhammad where he was abducted two weeks ago
Shehu, who still resides in the community after some residents fled due to insecurity, said he fears for his family’s safety but he has nowhere to go to.
“My son has consistently asked me: ‘Daddy when are we relocating?’ but I told him to be patient because this is our home and I was born here. We have no other home to go to, we have now resorted to special prayers for God’s intervention,” he said.
Daily Trust reports that the incident happened one week after gunmen attacked the home of Professor Aliyu Muhammad, the Head of Department, Crop Production at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, abducted him and killed his son, Abdulaziz Aliyu.
The Kaduna State Government on Friday described as false, the news in circulation that helicopters supplied gunmen with arms at Ungwan Dankali and Tsallaken Dogo in Zaria Council Wednesday.
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
The Kaduna State Government,KDSG, has described as false reports that helicopters were supplying arms to criminal gangs in the state.
The attention of the Kaduna State Government,KDSG was drawn to the circulation of a story by certain blogs and social media pages, alleging that helicopters supplied gunmen with arms at Ungwan Dankali and Tsallaken Dogo in Zaria local government area on the night of Wednesday 6th January 2021.
This was contained in a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan,Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State .
Following the publications, the Kaduna State Government received a deluge of enquiries from citizens, spurred by understandable concern, as to the veracity of the story.
TODAY
January 8, 2021
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, says there is no helicopter supplying arms to bandits in any part of the state.
Aruwan said the report was completely false and that security operatives were already probing to get to the root of the fake story.
He said this in a statement issued on Friday titled, ‘FAKE NEWS ALERT: Reports of helicopters supplying arms to criminals completely false.’
“The attention of the Kaduna State Government has been drawn to the circulation of a story by certain blogs and social media pages, alleging that helicopters supplied gunmen with arms at Ungwan Dankali and Tsallaken Dogo in Zaria local government area on the night of Wednesday 6th January 2021.