A magistrate court sitting in Jigawa State, has remanded Umar Danjani, and 73 others over alleged arson, at the head office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Naija News gathered that the Jigawa youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for Atiku Abubakar, Danjani, was remanded alongside the others in the correctional facility in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
The police spokesperson in the state, Lawan Adam, said Danjani was arrested at the APC secretariat during the EndBadGovernance protest in Dutse, the state capital.
The police said the suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy, mischief by fire, rioting, disturbance of public peace, theft and destruction of billboards.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdullahi Tijjani, at a press conference on Saturday, said Danjani was arrested on day one of the protest alongside the other suspects.
Tijjani said, “Some unscrupulous and unpatriotic elements who are bent on destabilising the polity decided to use and engage under-aged children and teenagers, leading to violence and destruction of public properties in the state capital, and other places.
“They engaged in the destruction of government properties and disruption of economic activities in the state and the security agents were left with no option other than to use minimal force to disperse the violent protesters.
“The violent protests spread to some local government areas such as Hadejia, Birnin Kudu, Gumel, Kazaure, Babura, and some other areas.
“About 312 suspects have been arrested out of which 74 of them have been charged to court.”
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