Offended protesters in opposition to hardship and starvation have set seven buses belonging to the state’s Mass Transit on fireplace in Potiskum native authorities space of Yobe State.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the protest which began peacefully with demand for finish to hardship and starvation, later turned violent in Potiskum city.
A reputable supply from Potiskum advised our correspondent that the youths accused the police for inflicting the violence, insisting that the protest was peaceable when the protesters marched alongside main streets within the city.
The supply additionally confused that police operatives from nowhere began firing canisters of teargas into the group which pressured protesters to react violently.
Nevertheless, talking to our correspondent by way of phone, Yobe State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, mentioned the Command was conscious of the violence in three native authorities areas within the state.
Abdulkarim assured that safety personnel had been on high of the scenario to make sure that the violence didn’t escalate to different elements of the state, saying that safety has been beefed up throughout the state.
The police spokesman added that there have been studies of arson in Potiskum the place two vehicles and a home had been burnt whereas just a few different private and non-private buildings had been torched by the protesters.
He assured that safety companies is not going to take the scenario without any consideration, restating its readiness to guard lives and properties of residents throughout the state.
