The Zamfara State Police Command has refuted allegations that bandits attacked witnesses of presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, who were travelling to Abuja to testify against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the presidential election.
The police were reacting to reports by some national dailies, which claimed that the witnesses said they were attacked by bandits in Zamfara State.
The witnesses added that the situation forced them to scamper into the bush and stopped their journey to the Supreme Court to testify for the former vice president against Buhari.
The police command stated in a statement signed by Muhammad Shehu, a superintendent of police: “It is pertinent to categorically state that, as per the crime statistics of Zamfara State is concern, there was no any attack by bandits either on villages or on any person or group of persons travelling on any highway in the state.
“Since the inception of the ongoing peace and dialogue initiative in the state, attacks, kidnapping and other heinous crime in the state have been reduced drastically to about 98 percent, a situation that has restored peace and stability in the state.”
