The Zamfara State Police Command has dismissed a purported attack of Sokoto State Mass Transit Bus and kidnap of passengers in it, at Kwashabawa village in Zurmi local government Area.
The police in a press release signed by the command’s spokesperson, SO Mohammed Shehu said the report is a fiction imagination of mischief makers who derive pleasure in spreading rumours to instil fear in the citizenry.
The police also stated that the true position of things as at today and about 0900hours is that” a Mass transit Bus conveying passengers from Sokoto to Katsina developed a mechanical fault along the area.
As a result, “the passengers were apprehensive and jittery, hence they all scattered and took to flight, leaving the bus and their luggages.
“The Police in Zurmi got the information and rushed to the scene and they uploaded all the passengers’ luggages and brought them to the Police station for safe keeping to avoid miscreants stealing the passengers’ valuables.
The statement also said that, all the passengers later came and claim their luggages and left.
The Police Command is however, calling on the citizens of the state to shun the viral video and avoid spreading the misleading information that can retard societal cohesion and progress.