HERDSMEN JAILED FOR 20YRS WITH HARD LABOUR

Illegal possession of firearms: Fulani herdsmen jailed 20 years with hard labour.

According to Prosecution, on or about February 23, 2015 at about 6am, the Ibusa Police Division received a distress call that a group of suspected Fulani boys, numbering about six, were sited
around Power Line, Ibusa, armed with dangerous weapons, including firearms.

A team of Anti-Robbery Squad, which responded to the distress call later arrested Hassan Abidu and
Yakubu Salem in possession of two single barrel guns without licence, which they claimed they used for hunting.

They also claimed that they did not know that it was an offence to carry arms without licence.