Following a protest in Kano that saw shops looted, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 32 individuals. The protest, which was hijacked by miscreants, resulted into looting of various shops.
The arrests were announced in a statement by SC Ibrahim Abdullahi, Public Relations Officer of Civil Defence, Kano Command, on Thursday.
Abdullahi detailed that the arrests were carried out by personnel from the Corps’ Fagge Divisional Office in the Kano command. The suspects, mostly youths, were apprehended in Sabon Gari, Bata, France Road, and Murtala Mohammed Way. Properties worth thousands of Naira were recovered from the suspects.
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In another development, operatives of the NSCDC, with the assistance of good Samaritans, seized additional stolen items from hoodlums in Gyadi Gyadi, Kano. These items were “allegedly stolen by miscreants during the protest at State Road and Iyaka Road in the municipality.
The NSCDC has initiated an investigation into the incidents” and plans to take appropriate legal actions against those involved once the investigation is complete.
