Atiku’s Witnesses Not Attacked By Bandits On Their Way To Testify Against Buhari – Police

Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar

The Zamfara state Police Command has dismissed claims that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar’s witnesses travelling to Abuja to testify against the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari were attacked by bandits.

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The witnesses said they were attacked by bandits in Zamfara state, which caused them to run into the bush and were unable to continue their journey to the Supreme Court to testify against the President.

However, in a statement by SP Muhammad Shehu, the command said: “It is pertinent to categorically state that as far the crime statistics of Zamfara state is concerned, there was no any attack by bandits either on villages or on any person or group of persons travelling on any highway in the state.

“Since the inception of the ongoing peace and dialogue initiative in the state, attacks, kidnapping and other heinous crime in the state have been reduced drastically to about 98 per cent, a situation that has restored peace and stability in the state.”

“Therefore, the command wishes to refute the entire story as misleading and a calculated attempt to undermine the current effort of both the state government and the police to bring a lasting peace for social and economic development in the state,” the statement added.

The police urged media houses to verify their information before publication.