*As hoodlums burnt 2 LGC’s Secretariat
By Muhd D Haidar
Despite 24 hours curfew imposed by the Jigawa state governor, Malam Umar Namadi on Thursday midnight protest continued in some part of Dutse, the Jigawa state capital.
Hotpen reports that, the nationwide protest entered the second day, hundreds of youth continue with protest against hardship in some part of Dutse capital in Jigawa state.
Combined team of security operatives are battling with protesters around Zai, Takur and Shuwarin areas of the city to blocked them from going to the commercial areas and other major public buildings and stores.
According to one of the residents of Zai quarters said, thousands of youth who were chanting different slogan including inviting military to takeover the nation have resisted the teargas thrown to desperse them by the security.
However at Shuwarin area in the outskirts of Dutse, thousands of youth have regrouped and continue with demonstration for the second day.
The protesters mostly youth under the age of 15-30 who are making attempt to get access to the state capital Dutse were blocked by heavy security operatives who barricaded the road leading to Dutse.
An eye witness in Shuwarin area, Hassan Mai Dabino has confirmed that about 10 youths including under aged were arrested the police, as one other lost his life while battling to loot a fertilizer store.
In Gumel town the situation was relatively clamp as security blocked all major roads prevented protesters from regrouping, however according to our source in the town , the situation is very volatile as the number of the security are not enough to contain the youth for a long period.
Attempt to reach our source in other places like Hadejia, Birnin Kudu-, Jahun and Kazaure proved abortive as the communication network are terribly bad around those areas.
In a related development, irate hoodlums burnt down Hadejia and Babura local governments secretariat with vehicles belonging to individuals and government.
