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Court Remands PDP Youth Leader, 73 Others Over Burning of APC Secretariat in Jigawa
A magistrate court in Jigawa State has remanded Umar Danjani and 73 others for alleged arson at the All Progressives Congress (APC) head office in the state.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Danjani, the youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for Atiku Abubakar, was remanded along with the others in a correctional facility in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
State police spokesperson Lawan Adam reported that Danjani was arrested at the APC secretariat during the EndBadGovernance protest in Dutse, the state capital.
The suspects face charges of criminal conspiracy, mischief by fire, rioting, disturbance of public peace, theft, and destruction of billboards.
At a press conference on Saturday, Commissioner of Police Abdullahi Tijjani stated that Danjani was arrested on the first day of the protest along with 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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