In just few hours to the 2015
presidential election, officials of the
Sokoto State command of the
Department of State Security (DSS)
have arrested some chieftains of the
All Progressive Congress (APC).

SaharaReporters reported that those
arrested include Alhaji Mu’azu Zabira,
the chairman of APC’s Security
Committee, while the home of another
APC chieftain, Alhaji Ummarun Kwabo
was raided, during which Alhaji
Abubakar Kani was arrested.

No reason has been given for their
arrest, even as their whereabouts is
still unknown.
The state APC acting Chairman, Alhaji
Usman Suleiman Danmadamin Isah,
who confirmed this to SaharaReporters,
revealed that arrests are one of the
strategies of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to use force to seize power
in the state.
Alhaji Isah further hinted that efforts
were being made to secure the release
of the men before the election.
Meanwhile, when the DSS Director,
Abubakar Bubuche, was contacted, he
denied knowledge of the arrests.
The state police command spokesman,
El-Mustapha Sani, who also denied the
information when contacted, said they
don’t have a hand in the arrests.
It was gathered that the state chapter
of the PDP, in collaboration with the
Federal Government, is alleged to have
listed about nine APC chieftains in the
state as well as some state government
officials to be detained until the result
of the elections is announced.

In a related development, Justice
Rilwanu Aikawa of the Sokoto Federal
High Court has restrained the EFCC,
ICPC, the Police and the NIA from
arresting state government officials in
relation to investigations in alleged
cases of appropriation, disbursement
and administration of monies
appropriated between 2008 and 2014.
Premium Times reported on Friday that
Kaduna state police also attempted to
arrest several APC chieftains, including
the governorship candidate, Nasir El-
Rufai, the APC Senatorial Candidate for
Kaduna North, Suleiman Hunkuyi; and
a top campaign council official, Lawal
Yakawada.
It was reported that the APC chieftains
declined to honour the invitation, while
their lawyers wrote to the police,
informing them that the matter their
clients were being invited for was
already in court.

K

They shold be arrested if they're planning chaos.
We won't allow dogs and baboons to be slaughtered again.