No fewer than 50 suspected miscreants has been detained by the Kastina Police Command during the nationwide protests over the economic hardship in the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this on Thursday in Katsina stating however, that no loss of life was recorded during the protests in the state.
He said, “The state is now relatively calm as the protests have been contained.”
Aliyu added that the security arrangements have been reinforced in the state.
It was however reported that some youths had vandalised some public properties.
The youths vandalised street lights and took away cables, solar panels, and poles.
They also destroyed drainages, culverts, and rods, among others.
