Kano elections: Police arrest 161 electoral offenders

<p>Bandits have shot dead the senior wife of the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu.</p>, <p>He also urged the residents to avoid spreading fake news, hate speeches, and reckless celebrations that might disrupt the peace in the state.</p>, <p>Abdullahi noted that two men of the command also sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries and are presently receiving treatment at the police clinic in Jalingo and at the state specialist hospital.</p>, <p>Mrs. Hulaira Hussaini Ardo, was shot dead after the bandits collected 2 million Naira as ransom.</p>, <p>He said: “On my way to the office, I came across a scuffle between the military officers that mounted checkpoints on the entrance of the INEC office as it used to be when election results are being collated.”</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that bandits had on February 11, 2023, Kidnapped four wives of Malam Husaaini Ardo, at Rugan Ardo in Kagarko LGA, and killed the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu.</p>, <p>Briefing journalists today at the State Police Command Headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital, the Police Public Relations Officer, Usman Abdullahi, said two policemen were killed during the exchange of gunfire.</p>, <p>According to him, the ransom of 2 million Naira was paid for the release of the four wives, but the senior wife was shot by the bandits, while the remaining three were released</p>, <p>“A total of 161 suspects were arrested for vote buying, destruction of election materials, and possession of offensive weapons and drugs,’’ Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammad Gumel, told newsmen in Kano on Sunday.</p>, <p>According to him: “The situation started when a female police officer who was reporting for duty at the INEC state headquarters in Jalingo was stopped by a military man at a checkpoint close to the headquarters and asked for her proper identification.</p>, <p>“One police officer who was going off duty was shot and killed instantly while another who was just reporting for duty and did n