Violence broke out on Thursday in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area,
Kaduna state on Thursday following destructions of campaign billboards
of politicians by hoodlums. Unidentified miscreants went round the town
damaging billboards belonging to a particular political party and its
candidates. Billboards worth millions of Naira erected in strategic
places were damaged. A witness said hundreds of youths took to the
streets later in the morning to protest the destruction of the
billboards of an opposition party. The number of the protesters surged
as they moved from street to street. He said the situation got out of
hand after an angry mob started destroying billboards of the ruling
party in the town. Police stepped in and urged the protesters to calm
down after promising to investigate the incident. Police were said to
have
arrested two youths in connection with incident. Police spokesman Zubairu Abubakar confirmed the incident but did not give further details.
arrested two youths in connection with incident. Police spokesman Zubairu Abubakar confirmed the incident but did not give further details.
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