Gombe state government says it has arrested sixteen individuals in connection with the crisis in Billiri local government area with a view of arraigning them in court.
Commissioner of Internal security, Dauda Zambuk disclose this at the end of the security meeting, presided over by the Governor Inuwa Yahaya.
Zambuk added that security agencies are on the trail of the masterminds of the crisis and has directed that those behind the spread of fake news on social media be arrested.
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The commissioner further stated that the security agencies has recovered three bodies from the affected areas in the local government.
The meeting is coming few days after the state governor visited the areas affected by the crisis in which the state government announced a dawn to dusk curfew in Billiri local government area of Gombe state.
(Editor:Abaje Usekwe)