Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal said on Sunday that his security assistant was not the police officer who shot a man dead at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Sokoto.
The man was shot dead in the Sultan ‘s palace in Sokoto State by a police officer on special duty. But there were several media reports saying that the officer was attached to the governor.
In a statement by his media assistant, Muhammad Bello, Mr. Tambuwal described the incident that claimed the life of the man known as Abdulrahman Aminu of the city’s Galadanci area as “unfortunate, inhuman and condemnable.” Three other persons sustained injuries in the incident.
Before the governor paid a condolence visit to the Sultan, on Saturday, the Sultanate Council released a statement that Mr. Aminu had been killed by gunshots by a police sergeant, Bello Garba, attached to the Sultan ‘s Palace, during a stampede.
Mr. Tambuwal said that after the 60th anniversary prayer at the Sultan Bello Mosque, the officer fired shots to scare some young people who were fighting over money given to them.
He told the family of the deceased that after investigation by the police, the state government will ensure that the officer is brought to justice.
He said he was briefed by the police that “Sergeant Bello is in protective custody pending the outcome of a broader investigation.”