Zainab Ahmed Nasir protested against banditry that is almost becoming a lifestyle in the north. The DSS arrested her for that.
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A protest against the inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to curtail the rising insecurity in the North has earned Zainab Ahmed Nasir an arrest.
Zainab Ahmed Nasir, an activists and a few of her colleagues had carried placards in Kano today, December 10, to protest against the carnage going on in the North and the almost helpless situation of the government in tackling the bandits who terrorize the people unrestrained.
On Sunday, December 5, travelers heading to Lagos from Sokoto, were intercepted by bandits and burnt alive. The Sokoto State government said those killed were 23. Other accounts put the casualty count at 40.
Zainab Ahmed Idris and some of her colleagues in the North decided to raise their voices against the killings that have become almost normal in the region which rarely protests against Buhari.
News of her arrest first emerged on Twitter with reports from other activists revealing that Zainab Ahmed Nasir was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) and detained.
Lawyer and activist, Abdul Mahmud, famously known as Great Oracle, tweeted via his Twitter handle, @AbdulMahmud01: “I condemn the SSS arrest and detention of Zainab Ahmad. Those who should be in detention are the bandits, terrorists, including the repentant ones, who’ve made northern Nigeria the killing field. #FreeZainab.”
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Political activist, Deji Adeyanju, also tweeting with his handle, @ adeyanjudeji, said: “The Buhari tyrannical regime just used lawless DSS to arrest activist Zainab Naseer Ahmad -one of the leaders of the protest against insecurity in Kano today. Buhari, the notorious dictator, loves to violate fundamental human rights of citizens. He has also failed to secure Nigeria.”
Journalist, Aliyu Dahiru, tweeting with @Aliyussufiy also said: “JUST IN: DSS operatives have ‘invited’ Zainab Ahmad Nasir, one of the conveners of peaceful protest against violent insecurity in northern Nigeria, over her participation in the protest today. The protest is expected to continue across northern Nigeria tomorrow.”