Four persons have reportedly been killed while others sustained injuries on Thursday at the ongoing ‘endbad governance’ protests in Suleja, Niger. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some security personnel who were around the barricade could not control the youths that had outnumbered them. However, a reinforcement team was sent to the scene where pandemonium occurred in Hassan Dallatu and Church roads in the Suleja area. DSC Abubakar Muti, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Minna, confirmed that some people lost their lives during the protests in Suleja. Muti said that trouble started when some youth tried to vandalise public properties in the area during the protests, prompting the security agencies to mobilise to defend the facilities.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2024 22:17 UTC