Katsina bans Yansakai vigilante group, declares members wanted

Katsina State Government has announced the restriction on the activities of” Yan Sa Kai” vigilante group, purchasing their arrest by the police and other security agencies for their recalcitrant offences and additional judicial killings in the state

. This was revealed in a statement properly signed by the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the state federal government and made available to DAILY POST by the State Director General, Media, Abdul Labaran Malumfashi.

According to the Special Adviser on Security Matters, Ibrahim Ahmed Katsina, with the ban, the police and security agencies are directed to ensure that all ‘Yan Sa Kai activities throughout the State are taken apart, keeping in mind that “henceforth, no one should take the law into his hands, under whatever guise. Apprehended suspects ought to be turned over to any security or the cops agency for appropriate investigation and action where need be.”

Following the instructions of the Katsina state government, the Katsina Command has actually directed “all its Commanders and Divisional Police Officer (DPOs) to pursue the recalcitrant wrongdoers and their sponsors any place they remain in the state and make sure they deal with the rage of law.”

The Command likewise cautioned “members of the public to disassociate themselves with the group and cooperate with security firms, reporting any “Dansakai or Yansakai” within their domains. stating “the Command will not fold its arms while some dissatisfied members of the general public take laws into their hands, brazenly killing innocent residents, ruining and looting public home without recourse to the rule of law.”

According to the declaration, henceforth “the Nigeria Police Force and certainly other sibling security firms will deal decisively with any person or group of individuals discovered parading themselves as Yansakai or any other like name in the state.”