The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has detained 13 suspected hoodlums as a fallout of the nationwide protests that commenced on Thursday.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated those in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna.
The command, therefore, vowed to be tougher on the miscreants who hijacked the procession, vandalised government, private and police assets in the name of protests.
Hassan said, “This followed the infamous sudden outbreak of violence that characterised the nationwide protests in Kaduna.
“The police have detained no fewer than 25 miscreants involved in violent conducts occasioned by mischief in the state.”
He explained that as earlier envisaged, the somewhat peaceful protests had been hijacked by hoodlums who took undue advantage of the so-called faceless sponsors and unleashed their planned mayhem on the state.
Hassan said the unruly miscreants attempted to gain access into the Kaduna State Government House before they were resisted by the security personnel at the said location.
He said that they injured two police men, broke the glasses of a Police Armoured Personnel Carrier stationed at the entrance of the government house.
Hassan added that the 25 hoodlums were detained with exhibits indicating their violent tendencies.
He said in spite of the Inspector General of Police’s advice to groups intending to protest to liaise with the Commissioners of Police of their states, they wished to protest.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, Mr Audu Ali, was calling on all parents and guardians to restrain their wards from indulging in the disturbance of the public peace.
Hassan further said the command would not hesitate to treat such tendencies with the seriousness they deserved.
