Residents of the state have been warned against extrajudicial murders by the police in Kaduna.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mohammed Jalige, published a statement on Wednesday in which he gave the warning.
He declared that the leadership would not tolerate anyone in any region of the state using mob action, lynching, or extrajudicial killings, which are abhorrent and obviously illegal.
The lynching of two herdsmen on Sunday in the state’s Birnin Gwari local government region prompted the police chief’s response.
After learning false information that the two herders were engaged in banditry, an enraged mob forcibly removed the two from the security guards. Then the shepherds were burned at the stake and lynched.
“This barbaric act cannot find justification under our laws. The responsibility of everyone under the law is not to pass judgment but to hand over anyone suspected of any infraction or offence, no matter the degree of suspicion, to the police or other appropriate security and law enforcement agencies,” Jalige said.
He assured that the ongoing investigations into the case would be thorough and anyone found either directly or remotely involved “in the sordid and reprehensible act” would be brought to book.
“Citizens and residents of Kaduna State are strongly advised to resist the temptation of resorting to self-help and taking the law into their hands. The command will not watch idly while misguided elements operating under whatever guise engage in actions capable of truncating the peace and security of the state,” he added.
He assured that the security forces would continue to work assiduously and ramp up the ongoing onslaught against enemies of the people in Kaduna.
