Some protesters in Yantumaki town, Damusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday burnt down a campaign billboard of the All Progressives Congress with the pictures of the President, Major
General Muhammadu Buhari , and Governor Aminu Masari.The protesters bemoaned the level of insecurity in Yantumaki town and neighbouring communities, making reference to the kidnap of a health worker, Alhaji Mansir Yusuf, and his daughter by bandits around 1am on Tuesday.
The protesters, who moved from one end of the town to the other, chanted anti-government songs in Hausa and demanded improved security of lives and property. The spokesman for the command, SP Gambo Isah, said, “We are monitoring the situation and our men are firmly on the ground controlling the situation to ensure that the protesters do not take the law into their own hands as miscreants can take over the situation and start looting or burning property.
“The issue of insecurity is not only in the Danmusa LGA, it is in all the eight frontline local government areas in the state.
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