Youths on Wednesday took the streets at Kurna quarters along Katsina road in Kano protesting the killing of a teenager by police personnel.
The incident triggered tension amid an alleged planned demonstration by a political group against the judgement of the Appeal Court on the Kano governorship election.
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It was gathered that trouble started in the early hours on Wednesday when some gangs of political thugs clashed, disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in the area.
It was alleged that the police personnel deployed to the scene of the incident embarked on sporadic shooting and release of teargas canisters to disperse the thugs which led to the killing of one person.
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The Killing of the innocent teenager who was not part of the warring thugs, was said to have provoked the youths to embark on the protest.
The protesters were said to block the ever busy Kano-Katsina-Daura highway for several hours causing untold hardship to commuters and motorists who got stuck in the trouble zone.
When contacted, Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the development saying the command had since issued a statement regarding the matter.
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According to him, the officer who fired the shots, killed the teenager and injured two others had been arrested.
“Already the Commissioner has ordered the arrest of the Inspector and constituted a board of inquiry under the leadership of the Area Commander Dala to lead the preliminary investigation while assuring the public that Justice will be served,” Haruna said.
