The Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris has sent a strong warning to those trying to import miscreants into Kebbi to cause mayhem.
Idris gave the warning in a broadcast to the people of the state on Friday in a reaction to the first day protest.
The governor said: “Information available to us states that some people are trying to import miscreants from other places into Kebbi to cause mayhem, especially in Birnin Kebbi, Argungu, Jega, Yauri and Zuru town.
“Whosoever knows people of Kebbi State knew that they are people that always respect the laws of the land and protest in not in our character but some people want to import it by force to achieve their personal aggrandisement.”
Idris, however said that as a responsible government, they would not allow people that din’t have the interest of people at heart to use the protest for vandalism of public utilities, people’s shops and other property.
“Available information at hand states that some people want to go to waterboard to perfect their vandalism mission but it baffles me to hear that they are targetting waterboard, what do they want at a place that serves the general public water.
“This is a clear indication that some bad elements want to use the protest to undermine the peace the people of Kebbi are enjoying,” the governor noted.
He appealed to the protesters to see reason in keeping the state in peace and shelve the protest in the interest peace and progress of Kebbi.
“If you destroy public utilities, it belong to Kebbi people, if destroy people’s shop and steal their property, it’s the same Kebbi people that will suffer,” Idris said.
He, however, said his government was doing everything possible to address the plights of Kebbi people, “therefore, we want to plead with the organisers of this protest to see reason in puting an end to it, they only know the begining but they won’t know its end.
“If you have a good motive behind the protest, some people may have ill motive and anything destroyed in the cause of the protest in Kebbi is to the disadvantage of Kebbi people.”
He added that credible information available to government revealed that the protesters would also destroy the solar street lights, lamenting that of what benefit would that be?
