Five arrested for destroying President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf’s posters, billboards in Kano

Five arrested for destroying President Tinubu and Governor Yusuf’s posters, billboards in Kano

The Kano kingdom Police Command has arrested five humans for allegedly destroying billboards and posters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Abba Yusuf within the kingdom.

The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed this at the same time as answering questions from journalists on safety features and the enforcement of the ban on public horse-driving in Kano.

The suspects had been arrested following investigations into the destruction of houses for the duration of tensions surrounding horse-riding and public processions in the kingdom.

He said investigations were concluded and the suspects had been charged to court docket, including that the command could retain to take legal action towards all and sundry located to have committed offences able to threatening public peace.

The arrests accompanied a public trip by means of the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, on Sunday.

The commissioner stated reports indicated that a number of the ones accompanying the emir allegedly destroyed posters and billboards belonging to President Tinubu, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and different politicians.

He said the incident further heightened tensions amid the lingering Kano Emirate dispute.