The Nigerian Police, Borno command, has arrested some internally displaced persons (IDPs) who staged a peaceful demonstration on Sunday.

Reference:

• The group (protesters on Sunday) led by the Chairman, Bama Initiative for Human Development, Alhaji Muhammad Hassan, said that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) would want to return to their respective communities in Bama and continue their normal activities in view of the prevailing peace in the state… The police stopped them, saying they have a duty to protect lives and the group did not follow due process. 

Happening now:

• Things took another dimension when the police went after key members of the group.
• The secretary of the group, Kachalla Kyari one of those invited by the police, described his arrest as “a price for leadership”.
• The police have arrested me. They also arrested my chairman. All this is as a result of our protest,” he told TheCable.
• This is the price of leadership. We know where the directive came from. The arrest was made when we came to know the whereabouts of earlier arrested members of the association.
• A family member to of the secretary, Bukar Kyari appealed to the police to stop being used as a “tool by the government to undermine democracy”.
• Kyari said his brother and other people were only exercising their constitutional rights and did not violate any law of the land.

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