A total of 326 suspects have been arrested by the Kano State Police Command, following the violence that erupted in some parts of the state during Thursday, August 1 (yesterday) nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.
Briefing newsmen at the Bompai Police headquarters earlier today, Friday, August 2, spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who gave the breakdown of the arrests, disclosed that the suspects were arrested with property stolen from shops, super -markets and personal residents of their victims
He explained that the suspects consisted of young, matured and even female suspects, urging parents and guardians in the State to help return items suspected to have been stolen by their wards
Disclosing that the police had seized a large quantity of items stolen during the protests, Kiyawa said all the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution after investigation.
He appreciated the state government for imposing a 24-hour curfew and appealed to ‘enemies’ of the state trying to incite the people or spread bad news, to desist.
