There were incidences of violence during the protest against bad governance which took place in states across Nigeria on Thursday.
‘Police officer shot in Kaduna, Jigawa APC office set ablaze’ — violence trails protest in northern NigeriaMany cities across northern Nigeria recorded violence during the #EndbadGovernance protest that kicked off on Thursday.Sani Kila, chief of staff to the state governor, said the police officer was taken to the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital, opposite the government house.Advertisement
Mansir Hassan, the police spokesperson in the state, said 25 suspected hoodlums were arrested during the protest. He said the armed hoodlums attacked and looted the offices of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency , the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency , and a neighbouring residential house located along Sokoto road.
Meanwhile, in Jigawa state, at least three people were reportedly killed and others injured as police fired teargas to disperse hoodlums who had infiltrated the protest.In Gumel town, the store of the Jigawa State Agricultural Supply Company , a private house belonging to a house of representatives member representing Gumel, Gagarawa, and Maigarati federal constituencies in the state, and the residence of the All Progressives Congress zonal vice-chairman, were all vandalised and looted.
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