Two arrested by Police over attack on Sambo’s home
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- Published on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:59
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The police in Kaduna on Tuesday arrested two people suspected to be part of the three -man gang behind Monday’s raid on the family residence of the Vice President, Namadi Sambo in the Tudun Wada area of Zaria metropolis. The gang riding on a motor bike had attacked the family residence of the vice president on Monday
morning, killing a cobbler who was polishing the shoes of the policemen guarding the house.
The policemen were also wounded in the attack.
The house which is undergoing renovation was burnt down during the April 2011 post- election violence in the state.
The Acting Police Public Relations Officer for the Kaduna State Police Command, Abubakar Balteh, said in a telephone chat that one of the suspects was arrested in a hospital where he had gone for treatment for his gunshot wound.
He noted that the suspect was wounded during gun duel with the policemen and went to the hospital for treatment where he was identified by one of the injured cops who was also receiving treatment at the clinic.
He said the suspect was arrested immediately and during interrogation, named other members of the gang that carried out the attack.
“One of the suspects who sustained injuries from gunshot during gun battle with the policemen guarding the house was identified on a hospital bed by one of the injured policemen and he was arrested immediately.
“Also one of the policemen was able to identify one of the four robbery suspects we arrested on Tuesday morning in Zaria. He said the guy was one of the people that attacked the vice president’s home,” the police spokesman told our correspondent.
With reports from THE NATION
