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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano State Police Command has uncovered a fake AK-47 rifle from the house of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano local government area.<\/p>\n

This was disclosed by the command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, in a post on his official Facebook page, \u201cA fake AK-47 rifle was discovered at of the home of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the DPO of Rano during investigation\u201d<\/p>\n

Recall that the Kano state Police command had arrested 41 suspects believed to be directly involved in the killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano, CSP Baba Ali, who was killed during a violent unrest in Rano Local Government Area over the death of a suspect in custody.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Kano State Police Command has uncovered a fake AK-47 rifle from the house of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the alleged murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano local government area. 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