Police arrest 3 KAROTA personnel

The Police Command in Kano has arrested three Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) officials over the alleged breaking of the leg of 37-year-old Aminu Abdullahi.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano.

Haruna said that on June 19, at about 5 p.m based on information received that there was a misunderstanding between KAROTA officials and one Abdullahi along Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kano, which in the process, he (Abdullahi) sustained the injury and fracture on his leg.

“On receiving the information, we quickly send our men to the scene, where they met angry youths coming towards the KAROTA officials to fight them.

“The traffic officials were rescued from the angry youths and the victim was rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for treatment,” he said.

The police spokesman noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Ahmad, has ordered the case to be transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence Department (SCID) for the investigation to unravel how the victim sustained injury and fracture.

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“Mr Ahmad had a meeting with the Managing Director, KAROTA, Mr Baffa Dan’agundi, and advised him to continue retraining their personnel and teach them on how to have good relations with the public, especially when carrying out their duties.”

The PPRO, however, said that the Police do not have any problem with other sister security agencies.

“There is strong synergy among all the security agencies in Kano, that is why there is peace because we all work together to prevent crime and control criminal activities in the state,” he said. (NAN)