More protests in Katsina, Abuja

Many people were yesterday arrested by police for embarking on another protest in Katsina over insecurity.

Those arrested were mostly students from various tertiary institutions who stormed the streets demanding for the resignation of some of the top government officials.

The students were rounded up in the metropolis as they began their march and taken to the central police station.

Confirming the arrest, the spokesman of Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, said “yes, we have arrested many of them. They came out on the streets saying the secretary of the state government must go. We don’t know the brain behind this politically motivated demonstration in Katsina.

“It is a crime; we will charge them for inciting disturbance, breach of peace amongst others, “he said.

Also, an NGO, the Dan Alhaji Foundation, staged a peaceful protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday to seek the rapid intervention of President Buhari.

Daily Trust observed that some of the peaceful protesters were holding placards with inscriptions like: ‘Stop the rape in Batsari,’ ‘Stop the bloodshed in Batsari, Katsina State,’ ‘We need emergency response, Mr. President.’

A member of the group, Aminu Alqasim, who shared his recent experience in Batsari bemoaned that residents of the community could not go to their farms.

He said: “People in Batsari are afraid to say what is going on because they are afraid of talking; they feel after calling for help the bandits will attack their communities again.”