Police detain Kano member-elect, Aliyu Madaki, for brandishing gun during rally
Story from Saleh INUWA, Kano
The Kano Police Command has detained Aliyu Madaki, a member-elect representing Dala Federal Constituency of Kano State under the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
Spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the development in a statement said Madaki is currently at the State CID undergoing an investigation.
READ ALSO: Majority Leader, Alhassan Doguwa, arrested over murder of opposition supporters
He said Madaki honoured a police invitation on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, after his viral picture brandishing a pump action gun during a homecoming rally of the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, surfaced online.
“Today, 1st March 2023, the Kano State Police Command under the leadership of CP Muhammad Yakubu has invited Honourable Aliyu Sani Madaki, member-elect, Dala Federal Constituency for suspected unlawful possession of a firearm. He is currently at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Kano State Police Command undergoing an investigation,” the PPRO stated.
Recall that thugs had attacked the motorcade of the NNPP presidential candidate along Zaria Road, Kano on February 23, during the grand finale of his presidential campaign, and Aliyu Madaki allegedly led a crackdown against the thugs.
The incident led to the arrest of the ruling APC chairmen of Ungogo and Rimingado Local Government Areas of Kano State, Abdullahi Ramat and Munir Dahiru respectively with pistols by joint security operatives.
Police later paraded 85 thugs arrested alongside the chairmen during the clash but set free the local government chairmen without filing charges against them.
Similarly, the Department of Security Service (DSS) arrested the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Dogowa, at the Malam Aminu Kano International airport on Tuesday while on his way to Saudi Arabia for a lesser Hajj.
Dogowa was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of about 15 opposition supporters in Tudunwada Local Government during the just concluded election.
Neptune Prime gathered that the victims were locked in a building and burnt to ashes while he shot and injured several others in his quest to win the election.
