Kaduna police command denies reports claiming #endbadgovernance protesters hijacked its Armored Personnel Carrier APC

Kaduna police command denies reports claiming #endbadgovernance protesters hijacked its Armored Personnel Carrier APC



 

On Monday, August 5, a video of protestors atop the APC went viral, with reports that the demonstrators had taken it from the police.


But in a statement issued this evening, the command's spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, said that the aforementioned video showed an APC driver who was accosted by a sizable gathering of demonstrators.  


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Mansir went on to say that the law-abiding citizens of Kaduna are urged to keep the calm and uphold the law by state Commissioner of Police CP Audi Ali Dabigi.  

 

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