Niger State police command has arrested 32 youths from Pandogari
in Rafi local government area of the state for allegedly killing one person and
burning a church.
It was gathered that the incident occurred
when a youth allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed (SWA) in one of his posting
on a social media.
It was learnt that the youths were irked by
what they called defamation of the holy prophet and started going after the boy
before the village head intervened and took the boy and the irate youths to his
palace.
At the village head’s palace it was learnt
that the situation went out of control as the youths not satisfied by the call
for peace started attacking the 20- year- old boy who later gave up the ghost.
It was learnt that the youths still not
done , also burnt a church in the process before the soldiers and a police team
immediately swung into action to calm the situation down.
The police public relations officer, Niger
State command, Bala Elkana, confirmed that the incident occurred Monday night
and those 32 persons involved in the violence were so far arrested.
According to him the police would not allow
people to take laws into their hand. s.nor allow the relative peace enjoyed in
the state to be impeded in any way by any group.
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