Kuwar Tsukwam, state Sector Commander of the corps, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Tuesday
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It was gathered that the minors were intercepted on their way to Mokwa town in Mokwa local government area of the state.
The Acting Commander of the agency in the state, Aloye Oludare, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Monday that the suspect was arrested on October 9 in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.
Tanko Lawal, Information Officer to the SSG, in a statement in Minna on Monday, said Matane said this during an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Dibal Yakadi, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Wednesday.
He said that Tuesday’s heavy down-pour rendered many people homeless in the communities including Ketso, the state deputy governor, Ahmed Ketso’s village.
The Director-General of the agency, Ibrahim Inga, told reporters on Tuesday in Minna that 21 people were killed during the attack, while three bodies were recovered from a river
The Acting Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Isah Usman, disclosed this on Wednesday in Minna