The EndInsecurityNow protest is regrouping in Kano, after suspected thugs attacked the protesters on the streets, injuring many, and destroying protest banners,
Thugs disrupted the protest meant to begin Thursday morning, across the 19 Northern States.
A protester in Kano, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, said: “We were marching peacefully, when thugs and hoodlums invaded the protest, injuring up to 30 people, tearing our banners.”
They were attacked along BUK Road, at Kofar Famfo.
The movement had issued a public notice of its protest, to begin Thursday, and informed Police for protection.
The protesters however, said that the Police abandoned them at the start of the attack.
“The Police was supposed to be guarding us, because we had told them exactly the roads we would be following”, a protester said.
They added that the Police reappeared after the attack, and the protesters are regrouping to resume.
The EndInsecurityNow protest has also been on in Kaduna, with the protesters protesting against banditry, kidnapping, rape, Boko Haram insurgency, and the incessant killings in the region.
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