The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 34 persons in connection with looting during the Monday morning inferno at the Katsina Central Market.

Disclosing this to newsmen, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Gambo Isah said that one of the suspects is a 43-year old Muhammad Abba who was arrested after his wife exposed him for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the inferno.

The police PRO alleged that Abba looted seven pairs of women shoes and kept them in his house, and his wife, after trying in vain to get him to return the shoes to the relevant authorities, decided to report him to the police.

Isah said that upon interrogation, the suspect told the police that he picked the shoes on the road in the market, and thought it was some lost property.

He said that the other 33 persons equally took advantage of the confusion that enveloped the market during the inferno, to loot power generators, clothing materials and shoes.

“It is unfortunate that these people were busy looting people’s property during the disaster.

“We have reports that some people are still in possession of such looted items, particularly within Katsina metropolis.

“I am using this medium to call on the residents to report such hoodlums to the nearest police station for necessary action,” he said, adding: “We shall prosecute them. No one will be spared.”

Recall that the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday donated N50 million to victims of the Katsina market inferno.