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Zamfara Hisbah operatives clash with police officers caught in hotel
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The operatives of Zamfara State Hisbah Commission have clashed with Police officers in Gusau, for allegedly taking women to hotels.
Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the Executive Chairman of Zamfara State Hisbah Commission, Sheikh Umar Hassan Gusau who spoke through his Director Operations, Lawal Abubakar Maradun said the Police have severrally been advised to desist from such acts but they persist
According to him, the police men always claim that they are security officers that Hisbah operatives have no constitutional right to challenge them.
“Our men on Monday caught some of them and confronted them which resulted in the clash which took us to the State Police headquarters”, he said.
When we arrest police men with a women in hotels, the police men would identify themselves while the women would not be able to identify themselves.
“However, those women would be arrested for alleged prostitution, we would warn them to desist from such illegal acts and if they are arrested again, they would be prosecuted”
“These police officers are supposed to be enforcing the law, but they are law breakers. knowing fully well that Zamfara is a Sharia State”, he lamented.
He said the officers involved are junior security men and that no senior security operative has been arrested before.
“The matter took us to the State Police Command headquarters so the commissioner could have knowledge of what his men are involved in”
“The Police Commissioner, Muhammad Dalija blamed his men for such immoral acts and warned them to desist”
“There is no doubt that the State. Hisbah Commission has ma utual understanding with the senior security officers in the state”
He said that his operatives have recently arrested over 200 youth for drug abuse, pointing out that many of them have been prosecuted, after several warnings.
He noted that the commission has the power to arrest, detain and prosecute offenders of the Sharia laws, stressing that the offenders would be warned, but any offence after the warning, the person must be charged to court.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, was left stunned after two suspected drug dealers requested to take a photograph with him shortly after they were arrested and interrogated.
The suspects, identified as Omini Ezeri, 46, and Chinedum Wagbara, 42, were apprehended during a stop-and-search operation while travelling in a Mercedes-Benz ML SUV with registration number AAA 604 JZ along the Agbarho-Warri Road.
A search of the vehicle and its occupants led to the recovery of two Beretta pistols, a substance suspected to be cocaine, and a dagger. The suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations continue.
As part of the investigation, Edafe interrogated the suspects. Shortly after the interview, the duo surprised the police spokesperson by asking to take a photograph with him.
In a follow-up post shared on social media, Edafe said he had never encountered such behaviour before, explaining that the suspects appeared to become excited once they realised he intended to interview them.
He added that despite being arrested with cocaine and two pistols, which they claimed were used for their drug business, they still requested to take a picture with him after the interrogation.
The Catholic Diocese of Otukpo in Benue State has confirmed the safe return of its seminarian, Kelvin Ochai, who was abducted by gunmen at Asa III in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, on Saturday.
Itodo attributed the seminarian’s safe return to divine intervention and the prayers of Christians and well-wishers.
According to the diocese, the seminarian escaped from the custody of his abductors and made his way to Aliade in Gwer East Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, where he was reunited with his family unharmed.
“Through the prayers of the people of God, Kelvin escaped from the custody of his abductors on the evening of Friday, 31st July, 2026, and made his way to Aliade, Gwer East LGA of Benue State. He has since been safely reunited with his family and is unharmed,” the statement read in part.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, Most Rev. Michael Ekwoyi Apochi, expressed profound gratitude to priests, religious, lay faithful, and people of goodwill for their unwavering support and prayers during the period of the seminarian’s captivity.
The headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, located in Abuja has been gutted by fire.
The fire was said to have started from the fourth floor of the building.
Speaking to DAILY POST, a personnel of Zenith Bank domiciled in the Mortgage Bank building, Anthony Ameh, said the fire is so intense.
According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who came to contain the fire have not been able to arrest the situation.
“The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained.
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