Kano NNPP suspends planned peaceful protest, Accuses DSS of Arresting Five of Its Members
By Ahmed Abdulkadir Kano
The New Nigeria People’s Party in Kano state has suspended its planned peaceful protest again the continued stay of Mohammed Alhassan as the Director DSS in Kano State.
Recall that the party had during a press conference on Wednesday announced its resolve to hold a peaceful rally on daily basis until Alhassan was removed from Kano as Director DSS.
A Chieftain of the party and senatorial candidate for Kano Central, Dr. Bappa Bichi announced the suspension of the protest while addressing a news conference on Thursday.
He said the decision to suspend the peaceful protest followed a letter the party received from the Nigeria Police notifying the party that all rallies, procession and protests should be put on hold by all political parties.
“In compliance with the DIG Zone 1 of Nigeria police, and because of the tremendous amount of respect we have for the police Force, we have decided to put the planned peaceful protest on hold.
” We are also putting the protest on hold because higher authorities from Abuja have reached out to the national headquarters of our party and assured us that every necessary step is being taken to address our grievances,” he said.
Bichi alleged that DSS had on Wednesday night illegally arrested six of their members in Municipal and Madobi town of Madobi local government areas of the state and took them to undisclosed locations.
He gave the names of the arrested persons as Suyudi Hassan, Sama’ila Hausawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Hausawa, Alhaji Habibu, Habu Tabule and Malam Samaila Mangu.
“This is one of the hatchet jobs that the Director of the DSS is being kept to do- arrest our leaders, scare our supporters, suppress our votes, and create a ripe environment to rig the election, ” he alleged.
