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Nationwide Protests: Seven buses burnt in Yobe
 
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Thu, 1 Aug 2024   ||   Nigeria,
 

Seven mass transit buses were burnt in Potiskum, the headquarters of Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State on Monday amid the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests.

The buses were set ablaze on the premises of the local government secretariat in Potiskum on Thursday.

An eyewitness in the North-East state stated that some persons came in their numbers to cause mayhem but were quickly prevented by the security personnel.

The Spokesman for the Yobe State Police Command, Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident at Potiskum, saying the perpetrators will be brought to book.

Propagated on social media, the nationwide protests against economic hardship started on Thursday, August 1, 2024, and is scheduled to stretch till August 10 across all states of the Federation as well as the nation’s capital Abuja.

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