Monday, 9 July 2018

Irate Residents beat-up Local Government Chairman; hold him hostage


 Hundreds of persons from Dutse constituency beat and held hostage Bala Yargaba, the council chairman of Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State. They accused the council chief of non-payment of polling unit development fund meant for disbursement.


After the initial manhandling of Mr Yargaba by the mob, he was able to maneuver his way into the local government secretariat. The angry mob then took over the premises of the local government secretariat and caged the council chairman to avoid his movement.

Security officials including police and soldiers later arrived the scene to situations.

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