Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Thursday night decried the dimensions of the ongoing EndBadGovernance protest in the country.
DAILY POST reports that Nigerians across many states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, took to the streets as they commenced an earlier announced 10-day protest against hardship in the country. However, the first day of the protest witnessed widespread violence and lootings across major cities, with many protesters reported dead. The major flashpoints were in Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, FCT Abuja, Niger, Jigawa and Nasarawa States.
Hoodlums have been let loose on innocent Nigerians and their hard-earned businesses and property looted and destroyed. “The motive of the rioters was basically two; loot and destroy both private and government property. The destruction so far has been mind-boggling. “There has been destruction in Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, FCT Abuja, Niger, Jigawa.
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