Katsina protests: Leader freed, 16 arrested, Tofa warns Buhari

The police in Katsina State on Thursday arrested 16 youths for allegedly engaging in “politically-instigated protest and unlawful assembly.

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Eyewitnesses said the men were arrested where they had gathered for a protest near the Central Police Station in Katsina. The National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Mungono , on Wednesday met Governor Aminu Masari and some emirs over current insecurity in the state.A former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republic Convention, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, had called for the immediate release of Sharif, saying his arrest was wrong.

“Is this a notice that nobody is allowed to say anything or to express a view? Is this the democracy Nigeria is showing to the world? We hope not.” “Nigerians are very angry. Insecurity everywhere, poverty, joblessness and now COVID-19, disease, despair and desperation have eaten deep into people’s patience and good sense.”Meanwhile, the CNG later on Thursday said the Chairman of its Board of Trustee, Sharif, had been freed by the police.

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