Bye-election: Police arrests seven suspected political thugs in Yobe

Police operatives in Yobe have arrested seven suspects for alleged thuggery at Gashua in Bade local government area of the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, Dungus Abdulkarim, told journalists in Damaturu on Saturday that the suspects were arrested in a joint operation between the operatives and troops of the Nigerian Army.

Abdulkarim said the suspects were arrested in an 18-seater bus while heading to Damaturu to disrupt the Yobe East bye-election.