Zamfara Police denies recovering arms and ammunition

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> Zamfara State Police Command has denied recovering arms and ammunition in the home of an honorable member&lbrace; name withheld&rcub; representing one of the constituencies in Tsafe local government area&period; A stamen by the command’s public relations officer&comma; Superintendent Mohammed shehu&comma; stated that<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; The attention of Zamfara State Police Command has been drawn to the above story&comma; published by a Hausa Online TV and has been trending on social media platforms&period; The story which was published in Hausa language narrated how the security agents from Kano state uncovered AK-47 rifles&comma; boxes containing live ammunition and tear gas in the residence of the said member located in Takama area of Gusau Metropolis&comma; as well as grenade in his Tsafe residence&period; The story in its entirety is false&period; The Police Officer the writer claimed to have confirmed the story had been out of the command since 2014&period; The Command enjoins members of the public to disregard the story and the need for the press to avoid sensational journalism in their reportage of events&period; What the state and by extension the country at large needs at this time is that all hands must be on deck to find a lasting solution to any act of brigandage and other related offences&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;