From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Police Command said its operatives arrested 25 persons for allegedly participating in Monday’s street protest against hunger and high cost of living in Minna.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this to newsmens in Minna, saying that one Aisha Jibrin was the initiator of the protest, and that she had been arrested with 24 other suspects.
The women, carrying placard with the inscription “No food, We are dying of hunger” demanded a better condition of living and reduction in cost of living for the citizenry.
They accused political office-holders of insensitivity to their plight as they lamented inability to feed even once in a day.
The protest had caused traffic gridlock on the ever-busy Minna-Bida Road, which is a link road to the South-West part of the country.
