Police restrict movement in Kano as youths continue protest

Hundreds of protesters mostly underaged boys gathered in Kano on Saturday morning on the third day of the #EndBadGovernance protest.

Our correspondent observed that the youths trooped out in areas such as Kurna Asabe, Jain and Brigade to continue the protests.

The State Police Commissioner, Salman Dogo Garba, informed out correspondent that some youths, hiding under a program organized by an unnamed politician at the Nassarawa Palace of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, stormed the streets, chanting anti-government songs.

He said, “It is true that some group of people who took the advantage of a program organized by one politician took to the streets in continuation of their violent protests but we have suppressed them.”

Our correspondent who went through Audu Bako Secretariat in an attempt to get to the State NUJ Office situated at Firm Center, was turned back despite identifying himself as journalist.

Similarly, at the Ahmadu Bello Way, armed policemen blocked the entire road, insisting that nobody will pass through.

An officer who shouted on top of his voice, stressed that there was curfew in the town and nobody will be allowed to go anywhere, including journalists.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had imposed a 24-hour-curfew in Kano after protesters went on rampage on August 1, looting and setting public buildings ablaze.