Kaduna State Police Command has arrested some protesters, who took to the streets on Saturday demanding the government’s intervention in the recent killings in the southern part of the state.
The protesters were said to have paralysed activities at the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) located in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
The youths and women insisted that the federal and state governments must find a lasting solution to the killings in Southern Kaduna.
Clad in dark attires, the protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as “Enough is Enough,” “We cannot continue like this,” “Southern Kaduna lives matter,” “Government has failed us,” “Allow us to defend ourselves if you can’t,” “End killings in Southern Kaduna,” among others.
According to reports, the protest was canceled in some parts of the state after security operatives deployed disrupted the gathering.
The state PPRO, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the arrest of some of the protesters, claiming that there was no prior notice of the procession by the protesters.
Jalige stated;
Some of them were arrested because they did not inform us about the procession. I cannot tell you how many of them were picked now but I will get back to you later.
See some videos and photos from the protest below;
Nationwide protest today against the barbaric killings in Southern Kaduna #wecantbreatheinsouthernkaduna ✊ pic.twitter.com/o3FpAvOmLo
— JOEL AMADI (@Joeelkennis) August 8, 2020
The response time and the resources that the kaduna police command deployed this morning just to frustrate the peaceful protest by youths of SK is shocking and says alot about our security architecture
and the stand of the government in the whole matter.#SouthernKadunaGenocide pic.twitter.com/1FJ2nTCzdF— JoshuaPeterShok (@ShokPeter) August 8, 2020
So people came out to voice out their displeasure on the constant killings in Southern Kaduna and the puppets showed up, you don’t want a protest then stop the killings in SK. #endthegenocide pic.twitter.com/j1BkEkod33
— SARKI_SULIEMAN (@Sir_Dongizle) August 8, 2020
