The Kano State Police Command said it is interrogating a House of Representatives member-elect, Dala Federal Constituency, Aliyu Sani Madaki over alleged unlawful possession of firearm.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in the state. SP Haruna said the lawmaker is under interrogation at the Command’s State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
“On the 1st March 2023, the Kano State Police Command under the leadership of CP Muhammad Yakubu has invited Honourable Aliyu Sani Madaki, member-elect, Dala Federal Constituency for suspected unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Mansur Yola remanded him on Wednesday after a court sitting at the Kano Magistrate Court, following his arrest by the Kano State Police Command on Wednesday.
The House majority leader was reportedly apprehended at the Aminu Kano International Airport on his way to board a flight to Abuja. The charges are said to be in relation to last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
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