NewsNigeriaPoliticsJigawa State Government Prosecutes 403 Protesters

The Jigawa Government Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Bello Abdulkadir-Fanini say 403 persons arrested in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protests in August 2024 have been prosecuted.

Abdulkadir-Fanini, while addressing newsmen in Dutse on Monday said that the suspects were sentenced to various community services, while others with criminal cases were admitted to bail as investigations continued.

“In the period under review, that is, September 1, 2024, to date, the ministry has recorded tremendous success in the discharge of its mandate through its core departments.

“The public prosecution department has successfully prosecuted 403 persons arrested in connection with the August 1, 2024 riot in Jigawa State.

“As of mid-September, there was not a single person in detention,” he said.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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