The Taraba State Police Command has arrested three people for allegedly killing Alhaji Ali Adamu Saleh, the District Head of Sarkin-Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that in the early hours of Saturday, the gunmen killed the district head.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Usman Abdullahi, the suspects were apprehended on Saturday in Jalingo, the state capital.
The police image maker further identified the suspects as Yunusa Abubakar, Sale Fulani, and Gudu Alhaji Isa.
Abdullahi said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Ibi informed the Command of the arrest of the suspects, who are reported to be from the neighboring Dooshima village in the same local government area.
It was gathered that relatives of the slain district head, along with enraged youths from Sarkin-Kudu town, are contemplating a retaliatory attack on Dooshima village to avenge the brutal killing of the monarch.
To prevent the situation from spiraling out of control, heavily armed security operatives have been deployed to the community.
The local government chairman, Illiya Ajibu, has assured that the council will collaborate with security operatives to identify and apprehend both the sponsors and perpetrators of the killing.
In another news, four persons were injured when a truck carrying a 40-foot container rammed into the Asaba Motor Park, near Oguta Road, by Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The incident happened around 11.15 am on Saturday.
According to eyewitnesses at the motor park, the truck driver was going towards the River Niger Bridge before the vehicle developed brake failure.
The sources said while the driver was controlling the brake failure, the vehicle veered off the road and crashed into the motor park.
The truck was said to hit over 10 vehicles, including a Toyota Sienna, commercial buses and tricycles, before finally crashing into the wall of the motor park.
The eyewitnesses said, “We were fortunate that the accident did not claim any life. It would have been a serious calamity here today because there were many people at the park waiting to board vehicles.”
The crashed vehicles blocked the ever-busy Oguta Road, causing gridlock as other motorists managed to navigate through the remaining portion of the road.