Protests over hunger, hardship escalate from Minna to Kano, Osogbo; Presidency yet to respond
Police say they used “minimum force” to disperse people protesting over hunger in Minna on Monday but that did not stop the agitation from spreading up North to Kano and down South to Osogbo.
The protesters in Kano lamented the closure of the border with Niger Republic, a major farm produce trade route with Nigeria’s neighbour, as well as hunger and their inability to pay their children’s school fees, among other grouses capture on camera by Arise News and broadcast this morning.
Female bakers in Kano had earlier protested over the high prices of flour and other baking ingredients which have impacted negatively on their means of livelihood.
Amid the protests, news broke on Monday a number of travellers from Umuahia in two luxury buses heading to Abuja were kidnapped in Inyele Eteke in Kogi at the weekend.
Social media influencer Chude Nnamdi announced on his X (Twitter) handle the two buses belong to God Is Good (GIG) and ABC transport companies.
Nnamdi disclosed his wife was on one of the buses but he could not ascertain the total number of passengers on the two buses who were kidnapped along with his wife.
He said the criminals demanded a N15 million ransom to release his wife.
Kogi Police Public Relations Officer William Aya, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident but could not ascertain the total number of passengers affected.
