A magistrate court in Jigawa State has ordered the remand of Umar Danjani and 73 others over alleged arson at the head office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Mr. Danjani, who served as the Jigawa youth leader of the PDP campaign council for Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, was remanded alongside the others in a correctional facility in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
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According to the state’s police spokesperson, Lawan Adam, Mr. Danjani was arrested at the APC secretariat during the EndBadGovernance protest in Dutse, the state capital.
The police charged the suspects with criminal conspiracy, mischief by fire, rioting, disturbance of public peace, theft, and destruction of billboards.
At a press conference on Saturday, Jigawa’s Police Commissioner, Abdullahi Tijjani, confirmed that Mr. Danjani and the other suspects were apprehended on the first day of the protest.
“Some unscrupulous and unpatriotic elements who are bent on destabilising the polity decided to use and engage under-aged children and teenagers, leading to violence and destruction of public properties in the state capital, and other places.
“They engaged in the destruction of government properties and disruption of economic activities in the state and the security agents were left with no option other than to use minimal force to disperse the violent protesters.
“The violent protests spread to some local government areas such as Hadejia, Birnin Kudu, Gumel, Kazaure, Babura, and some other areas.
“About 312 suspects have been arrested out of which 74 of them have been charged to court,” the police commissioner said.
