Police arrest 44 people accused of looting during Katsina Market fire

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By Abba Gwale

Katsina state police command has on Wednesday paraded 44 people for allegedly looting items during the fire incident at the Katsina central market on Monday.

The spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, said they arrested one Abba, who was reported to the police by his wife after he had stuffed the looted items under one of the beds in their house.

Other suspects arrested for looting were mainly teenagers while the looted items included bales of clothes, household items, and generators, among others.

However, SP Isah warned residents that whoever had some of the looted items should return such to the police or face the consequences if found out.

He said, “We have intelligence information that some of the looted items are still being kept in some houses in the town. We appeal to whoever has information on places where the looted items are being kept, to report to the police. Whoever we find such looted items with should be ready to face the consequences.”

He added that the thirty-four suspects are to be prosecuted after completion of the investigation.

Recall that the Katsina Central Market went up in flames on Monday morning, leading to the burning down of no fewer than one thousand shops and the destruction of billions of naira worth of items.

President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, had expressed his sadness over the inferno and symphatised with the victims.

Also, the Katsina state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari said his government will consider helping those who were affected by the fire outbreak and promised to investigate the cause of the incident.

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