{"id":299562,"date":"2021-01-03T17:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=299562"},"modified":"2021-01-03T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:56:55","slug":"police-arrest-18-suspects-over-riot-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=299562","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 18 suspects over riot in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1518449\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"51.755251141553\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1474917 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"riot in Zamfara\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=58%2C39&amp;ssl=1 58w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=195%2C130&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=115%2C77&amp;ssl=1 115w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nigeria-Police-Force.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\"><br \/>\nThe police command in Zamfara has arrested 18 suspects over a riot, leading to destruction of property including the Emir of Shinkafi\u2019s palace.<br \/>\n<!-- --><br \/>\nThis is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu on Sunday in Gusau.<br \/>\n\u201cYouths carrying dane guns, cutlasses and sticks destroyed the Emir of Shinkafi\u2019s palace and two other houses in Shinkafi town.<br \/>\n\u201cA joint police and military team quickly responded and dispersed the protesters to avoid break down of law and order and possible loss of lives and property.<br \/>\n\u201cThe 18 suspects arrested are currently in police custody undergoing interrogation.<br \/>\n\u201cThe state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abutu Yaro has directed the state CID to commence a discreet investigation into the unlawful protest with a view to unravel the circumstances behind the dastardly act,\u201d Shehu said.<br \/>\nYaro cautioned parents and guardians to always monitor their children to prevent them from getting involved in criminal acts.(NAN)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:red;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police command in Zamfara has arrested 18 suspects over a riot, leading to destruction of property including the Emir of Shinkafi\u2019s palace. This is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu on Sunday in Gusau. \u201cYouths carrying dane guns, cutlasses and sticks destroyed the Emir of Shinkafi\u2019s palace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":299382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[16166,271],"class_list":["post-299562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-emir-of-shinkafi","tag-zamfara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/299382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}