POLICE KILLED 3 AND INJURED MORE IN JAGA

Three people were confirmed dead while more than a dozen sustained various injuries from police gun shots following an outbreak of law and order in the commercial city of Jega , kebbi state.

Speaking with newsmen at Jega General Hospital, the State Commissioner of Police Ishiaku Barau Ningi, explained that the incident occurred following assassination of one of the businessmen named Alhaji Garba Dankane Jega   by the men of the underworld, on Saturday at about 7:30pm.

He disclosed further after the burial of the deceased on Sunday some youths on their way from the cemetery started demonstrating, shouting and advancing towards the police station demanding for the removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), whom they accused of laxity and not responding on time during the incident.
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The State Commissioner of Police, Ishiaku Barau Ningi, said that the police had no option than to protect themselves by shooting into air to scare the protesters and said those killed was as a result of stray bullets, but admitted that the police are trained to shoot only on the kneels in such a situation. He however, announced the immediate transfer of the Jega Divisional Police Officer ASP Aliyu Yusuf.