On camera, a police officer in Kano, where protests against mismanagement and hardship had turned violent, was openly threatening to kill demonstrators.
During the disturbances in the old city in the north, criminals stole goods from both private and public domains, resulting in confrontations with law enforcement.
After the violent outburst peaked at Kano’s Government House, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf ordered the implementation of a curfew.
On the other hand, several demonstrators disregarded the limitations and carried on confronting police officers in public.
In the middle of the mayhem, a police officer is seen in a video going viral online threatening demonstrators in Hausa.
The policeman was overheard stating: “Keep looting. Is it because I did not do what I had done to them? Those throwing stones should not stop. I swear to God, if police officers bleed, I will kill. I swear to God I will kill.”
