The Kano State Police Command has arrested five people for allegedly destroying billboards and posters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other politicians in the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed this while answering questions from journalists on security measures and the enforcement of the ban on public horse-riding in Kano.
Bakori said the suspects were arrested following investigations into the destruction of properties during tensions surrounding horse-riding and public processions in the state.
He said investigations had been concluded and the suspects had been charged to court, adding that the command would continue to take legal action against anyone found to have committed offences capable of threatening public peace.
The arrests followed a public outing by the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, on Sunday.
The commissioner said reports indicated that some of those accompanying the emir allegedly destroyed posters and billboards belonging to President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other politicians.
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👉 JOIN WHATSAPP CHANNELHe said the incident further heightened tensions amid the lingering Kano Emirate dispute.
In another development, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that four men identified as Abdulmajeed Yahaya, Biliaminu Sidi, Mansur Usman and Aminu Wadatau appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly damaging All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters.
The defendants, Yahaya, 30; Sidi, 25; Usman, 22; and Wadatau, 26, were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, malicious damage and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.
The prosecutor, Mrs Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendants and others still at large committed the offences on Aug. 30, at about 1.12 p.m., at Mile 2, Lagos, within the Lagos Magisterial District. READ MORE
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