Four members of the Zamfara State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were arrested by the police in connection with the plan to stone President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo during their campaign visit to the state scheduled on Monday.
Sources revealed to Daily Independent that the suspected persons were arrested by the police (name withheld) included a tailor, who was given a contract of sewing All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) clothes to be worn by the PDP members with which to disguise and stone the visiting PDP Presidential flag-bearers thereby causing chaos in the state.
It was further revealed that the arrested persons had mentioned the names of some PDP leaders of the state, who were alleged to be the brain behind the deal, claiming that huge amount of money was said to be released to ensure the success of the plan.
The report also disclosed that, the plan failed following information given to the State Security Service (SSS) by one of the planners of the plot, who was said to have been underpaid.
The four were reportedly arrested while waiting to be paid the balance of amount promised them at the Government House in Gusau, the capital of the state.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Adio Shittu, at the press conference, confirmed the arrest of the syndicate intending to cause unrest and rancour during the Presidential campaign visit on Monday in the state.
Shittu said that the command would not hesitate to deal any group of people or individual, who intended to sabotage the Presidential visit to the state, adding that security personnel had since been deployed to strategic places to monitor and prevent the occurrence of any unlawful act to breach the peace.
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