***Protesters besiege government House Entrace, vandalise APC headquarters
From Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse
The nationwide peaceful EndBadGovernance protest on Thursday turned violent in Jigawa state as the youths in their thousands besieged the Government House in Dutse, the state capital.
Reports from the state indicated that the protesters attempted to gain access to the Government House but were blocked by the security under the headship of the State commissioner of police, Mr Ahmed Tijjani Abdullahi
Armed with different placards bearing messages that were directed at the government, they demanded the immediate withdrawal of what they described as anti-common man policies that created hardship in the country including the removal of fuel subsidy.
Our reporter in the state gathered that the protesters also demanded that president Tinubu stepped down, while some called for military to takeover the country.
The protest which started on a peaceful note turned violent when some youths started destroying billboards with portraits of president Bola Tinubu, Governor Namadi and ruling APC Logo.
The youths taking part in the protest started vandalizing billboards in front of the Government House and started throwing stones and other objects at the security agents
The commissioner of police tried to speak to the youths but they would not listen, as they were seen burning tires right in the front of the Government House
The protesters refused to listen to the police boss, instead they started chanting “Bamayi”, “we dont want” and later started throwing stones and other objects at the security agents after destroying all the billboards in the area.
The combined security at the government house led by commissioner the of police of the state, with the support of the Brigade Commandant and other security heads serving in the state fired teargas to disperse them following which two were seriously injured from alleged impact of teargas cannisters
Also gathered by our reporter in the State, the protesters had attacked the ruling APC Headquarters along Abdullahi Maikano Dutse road in Dutse and looted some equipments and furnitures.
Findings by our reporter also indicated that similar protests took place at other major towns across the state including Hadejia, Birnin Kudu-, Shuwarin, Kazaure and Gumel.
In Birninkudu town thousands of youths had blocked Kano and Maiduguri road while commercial activities were grounded to a halt.
In the ancient city of Hadejia, the protesters blocked the major roads, Similarly in Gumel the roads to Maigatari- Niger boarder, Malam Madori road, and Kano road were all blocked by protesters who were carrying placards calling on president Tinubu to come up with policies that can reduce hardship in the country.
“Bring Back the Fuel Subsidy, Tinubu Must Go, Please Tackle the Hardship president” those were some of the inscriptions on the placards carried by the youths.
However two protesters were reportedly injured around Government House in Dutse while one under age boy was brought to Danmasara Specialist Hospital from Shuwarin