The Zamfara State Police Command has identified 14 persons suspected to be the masterminds and perpetrators of the August 22 Talata-Mafara crisis in the State in which eight persons were killed.
The eight persons that died during the crisis were among the suspects that were discovered in the course of police investigation, he Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement in Gasua, the state capital, on Wednesday.
According to the statement, one Bashir Adamu from Kuryan Madaro of Kauran Namoda Local Government Area of the state had been arrested and charged to court over his involvement in the crisis.
Similarly, another person who sustained injuries during the disturbance was undergoing treatment at the hospital, after which he would also be charged to court.
At the moment, the statement said, the police had spread its dragnet to arrest those on the run and bring them to book.
The command warned that anyone found disturbing the peaceful coexistence among the people in the state would face the full wrath of the law.
Crisis broke at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara on August 22 following a fight between two male students, which turned religious and led to the death of eight persons.
