The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani was granted bail today after honouring police invitation in Kaduna state. Sani was named in the murder of one Lawal Madugu in Kaduna state.
A suspect arrested by the army named the senator during interrogation.
Revealing on Twitter how the encounter went, Sani wrote: “The
Police invited me to appear today by 10:45am. I honored the invitation
to the Police Headquarters in Kaduna by 10:45am, with clear conscience. I
wrote my statements. I was granted ‘self bail’. I have left.”
Earlier in the month, the Kaduna State Police Command had written
the senator, asking him to appear at the command headquarters after
identifying him as a person of interest in a murder case.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Iwar, who wrote the letter, asked Sani to appear before the Police on April 30.
The letter, with reference number, CR: 2000/KDS/VOL 5H/72, was said
to have been routed through the Clerk of the National Assembly, while
the Senate President was also copied.
“This is in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy and
culpable homicide transferred to this office by 1 Division, Nigerian
Army, Kaduna, alongside with exhibit audio CD, in which your name was
mentioned by the principal suspect,” Iwar said in the letter .
A murder suspect, Isa Garba, who was arrested by the military, was
alleged to have implicated the federal lawmaker after he was transferred
to the police.
It was gathered that Sani’s name was mentioned when the suspect,
who allegedly participated in the killing of one Lawal Madugu,
implicated another person identified as Bashir Hamdada.
Iwar, while responding to a query on the letter, said the case was not politically-motivated.