Kano community rejects N10m bribe, alerts police over suspected drugs

Residents of Bajallabe assemblage astir the FCE Gate 1 axis of Kano metropolis person rejected an alleged N10 cardinal bribe offered to assemblage representatives and section vigilante unit successful an effort to screen up a suspected cause trafficking operation.

The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday after residents reportedly became suspicious of a Golf conveyance parked alongside a motorcycle adjacent a residential gathering successful the area.

According to a connection issued by Lamara Garba, a subordinate of the Media and Publicity Committee of the Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force connected Drug Abuse and Illicit Substances, the conveyance was allegedly loaded with substances suspected to beryllium illicit drugs.

Residents were said to person approached the operator to question clarification astir the contents of the vehicle. During the encounter, the operator allegedly offered N10 cardinal to assemblage representatives and vigilante unit to person the substance overlooked.

However, the connection was reportedly rejected, with the residents insisting that the due authorities should beryllium contacted to analyse the matter.

The president of the section vigilante radical subsequently alerted the Multi-Agency Task Force and the Nigeria Police Force, Rijiyar Zaki Division, arsenic hostility reportedly began to emergence astatine the scene.

Police unit responded and...