Fuel Subsidy: Police Disperse Protesters In Kano

A group of protesters in Kano State were on Tuesday dispersed by the Kano State Police Command.

It was gathered that the protesters had congregated to show their displeasure over the removal of fuel subsidy and other unbearable policies by the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

According to an eyewitness quoted by Daily Trust, the protesters assembled at the Gidan Murtala very close to Kofar Nassarawa Road but security operatives later stormed the venue.

“The protesters had assembled at the Gidan Murtala very close to Kofar Nassarawa Road, a two-kilometer journey to the Kano Municipal Local Government Council as early as 7am on Tuesday.

“But when pressmen arrived at the scene, policemen took over the venue where the protest had already been held,” the source said.

However, a joint statement by the chair and secretary of the Joint Action Front (JAF), Dr Dipo Fashina, and Abiodun Aremu, called on Nigerians to challenge the government policies and push for a change.

It noted that government has the responsibility of making the refineries work.

JAF said, “The flames of resistance begin now in Lagos, Kano, Benin, Osogbo, Abuja, Ibadan and Ilorin till Tinubu’s government shows concern to change the unbearable policies. The suffering must stop.

“The government has a responsibility to make our refineries work and build new ones in order to ensure the availability of petroleum products (petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, etc) at cheaper and affordable prices to all.

“Total reversal of the capitalist policies of privatisation and deregulation which have been responsible for non-functioning of the local refineries, looting by government officials and fuel marketers through fuel importation and the subsidy fraud.”