DSS Arrests Hunger Protest Leaders, Details Emerge

• Two young men have been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for leading the hunger and economic hardship protests in Katsina
• Kabir Shehu Yandaki and Habibu Ruma are leaders of the “Struggle for Good Governance” protest
• According to the suspects' friends, the protest leaders were detained after the DSS operatives invited them on Friday, August 2

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Katsina state - The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Kabir Shehu Yandaki and Habibu Ruma, the leaders of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Katsina state.

The two leaders of the “Struggle for Good Governance” protest, were invited to the DSS office in Katsina and subsequently detained.

According to Vanguard, security forces also arrested Mujittapha Usman, who reportedly led the protest in the Malumfashi local government area of the state.

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Friends of the protest leaders said the DSS contacted the duo by phone earlier in the morning.

The source said the DSS requested the protest leaders’ presence at their office to answer questions about the previous day’s protest.

DSS, soldiers, police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and others embarked on a joint show of force in the Ibadan metropolis after the planned nationwide protest.

The State Commissioner of Police, Ayodele Sonubi, said the show of force was to create awareness among members of the public on the readiness of security personnel towards the planned protest, The Sun News

Sonubi said that the exercise was also to ensure that the state remained peaceful, as it had always been, and to protect the lives and property of law-abiding citizens before, during and after the protest.

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Senator sponsoring End Bad Governance Protest

Legit.ng reported that a senator allegedly behind the push for the nationwide protest against Bola Tinubu's government has been uncovered.

FCT minister Nyesom Wike disclosed this to the press in Abuja on Thursday and shared how security agencies could identify the federal lawmaker.

The minister also called on the Abuja protesters to obey the court order barring them from accessing Eagles Square and demonstrating on the streets.

Source: Legit.ng