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Kabir Marafa, a former senator representing Zamfara central, says the Zamfara government should investigate an alleged political vendetta by Community Protection Guards (CGP), a security outfit in the state.

In a statement on Wednesday, Marafa, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, said one Magaji Lawali, his associate, was allegedly killed in the custody of the security outfit.

The former senator said the explanations provided by the Zamfara state government do not shed light on events leading up to his associate’s death.

“In spirited efforts to change the narratives, the state government issued two statements in less than 24 hours, claiming that the deceased died during the confrontation,” he said.

“The two releases are nothing but a desperate effort to change the narratives of what happened.

“It was revealed by multiple persons and witnesses that the victims were arrested from their hometown and taken to the Community Protection Guards office in Tsafe, the Local government headquarters, where one (Magaji Lawali) died and the other (Yahaya) was injured — the video he (Yahaya) made after his release is everywhere in the internet.

“While I wholeheartedly support the government, in its effort to provide the much-needed security in our state, I reject any act of political vendetta and or witch hunt by the security outfit.

“I, therefore, call on the state government to come out clean on this gruesome murder of an innocent person and ensure that a thorough and unbiased investigation is carried out with a view to bringing to book the criminals who have found their way into the Community Protections Guards (CPG).”

The former senator added that criminals have no place in the state’s security outfit.