The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has claimed that most of the protesters in the state during the #EndBadGovernance protest were Almajiris, who knew nothing about the demonstrations.
Naija News recalls that the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests, which started on August 1, were initially peaceful across the states in the country.
But the protest took a different turn after looting and destruction in some northern states led to the imposition of curfews.
Featuring on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, Governor Sule expressed concern over several challenges facing the northern region.
According to Sule, many protesters involved in the demonstrations were young, and most did not know what they were protesting against.
He said, “During this last protest that we had in Lafia, the majority of those that came out on the streets were the Almajiris – some of them five years old, seven years old, nine years old.
“A lot of them didn’t even understand the meaning of the protest. When I spoke with them later, they didn’t even know what they were protesting against.”