4 Arrested Over Attack On Emir’s Convoy

Four suspects have been arrested in
connection with the attack on the convoy
of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero,
it emerged yesterday.
The deputy governor of Kano State,
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, also confirmed
the arrest to AFP yesterday but declined
to give numbers.
This comes as the Sultan of Sokoto and
President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril
Islam (JNI), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III ,
condemned the attack, describing the
attackers as cowards.
The Senate President, David Mark, the
Northern Governors’ Forum, and the
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) were
also among those who condemned the
attack yesterday.
Kano State deputy governor Abdullahi
Ganduje said some suspects have been
arrested over the attack but he declined
to say how many.
But a security source said on condition of
anonymity that four suspected members
of Boko Haram sect have been arrested,
claiming that one of them had allegedly
confessed to participating in the attack on
the emir’s convoy.
Meanwhile, the death toll in an attack by
gunmen on the convoy of the Emir of
Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has risen to
five, the police said yesterday.
“The interim chairman of Kura Local
Government Area and his driver were
also killed by some gunmen who
pursued them from the scene of the
attack on Emir Ado Bayero,” Kano police
spokesman Magaji Majia also told AFP.
Kano State Governor Musa Rabiu
Kwankwaso had earlier told AFP that
three people in the emir’s convoy were
killed in the Saturday attack.
The unknown gunmen opened fire on
the emir and his convoy as they were
returning from a Qur’anic graduation
ceremony in Kano city.
The politician, Salisu Abdullahi Kura,
and his driver had left the convoy in the
confusion that followed the attack but
were trailed by the gunmen in a cab and
shot dead in a nearby street, Majia said.
The 82-year-old Bayero, who was not
hurt in the attack, flew out of the country
to the United Kingdom yesterday along
with his two sons injured in the attack,
an official in his palace said.
“The emir left for London around 1:15
pm to cool off after the traumatising
event of yesterday,” said the official.
Security was tightened yesterday in Kano,
following the attack. Armed soldiers and
policemen patrolled the streets and
intensified their search on vehicles at
checkpoints in the city.