Protesters mount armoured tank of security operatives in Kaduna (VIDEO)

Protesters mount armoured tank of security operatives in Kaduna (VIDEO)

There was a mild drama in Kaduna on Monday as a rampaging mob seized an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of some security operatives deployed to quell the riotous protesters kicking against the biting hardship in the country.

The #EndBadGovernance protest which started on a peaceful note on Thursday, degenerated after suspected hoodlums hijacked the situation and started attacking people and property.

Security operatives had initially contained the situation after which normalcy was restored.

However, following the nationwide broadcast of President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, more protesters took to the streets on Monday.

Some of them waved the Russian flag and chanted anti-government slogans, saying they were fed up with bad leadership.

At Tudun Wada Area of Kaduna South Local Government Area, young men were seen on a patrolling Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) belonging to the Nigeria Police.

The protesters were seen in front of Shema Filling Station along Chawai road in the area.

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They sat all over the tank waving as the crowd cheered them with the siren blaring out of the armoured tank.

A police source confirmed that the APC belongs to the Mobile Police 1.

But the source said the protesters did not gain entry into the APC, adding that they only mounted it while the policeman inside drove the vehicle to dismount the protesters.

Contacted, Mansur Hassan, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said the APC had been safely returned.

He said, “The protesters did not take over our APC; they only mounted it.

“The policemen in the APC had to use tactical maneuver to get the protesters off so that they would not damage it and it was safely returned.”

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani had declared curfew in Kaduna metropolis and Zaria to check the excesses of the protesters

Protesters mount armoured tank of security operatives in Kaduna (VIDEO)