Protest: Three die, 10 arrested in Gombe LG
Punch Newspapers Sections Chima Azubuike The Commissioner of Police in Gombe State, Shehu Maikudi, has confirmed three unidentified persons dead and 10 others arrested, following a protest and eventual declaration of curfew by the state government. A group of women had been involved in a peaceful protest over an allegedly planned announcement of an unpopular candidate to the stool of the Mai Tangale after the demise of Abdu Buba Maisheru. Maikudi spoke on Saturday when Governor Inuwa Yahaya led some members of the state government on an assessment tour of the destruction in Billiri LGA. He sa...
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