Ahead of the planned nationwide protest on October 1, 2024, the Northern chapter of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM) has reported the alleged arrest of five of its leaders in Kano State. The coalition issued a statement signed by Comrade Al-Amin on behalf of the Secretariat, identifying those arrested as Comrade Abdulmajid Daudu, Barrister Yusha’u Sani Yankuzo, Barrister Amina Bello, Comrade Sani NaRogo, Comrade Anas, and Comrade Abdullahi.
According to the coalition, these leaders were taken by police to Abuja following instructions from the National Security Adviser (NSA). The statement detailed that Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu Daudu left his office around 2:30 p.m. on Monday to attend a meeting with the Kano State Commissioner of Police at the Bompai Headquarters, accompanied by four other NPFM members. By 7:42 p.m., the coalition reported that neither Comrade Abdulmajid nor his colleagues had returned, and their whereabouts remained unknown.
The coalition expressed concern over the leaders’ disappearance, urging comrades nationwide to raise awareness until they are safely returned. “No one in their right mind can take the sudden disappearance of Comrade Abdulmajid and his NPFM colleagues lightly. The growing state of political repression in the country makes it more urgent for the Kano State Commissioner of Police to produce Comrade Abdulmajid and his colleagues,” the statement emphasized.
The arrested leaders had recently addressed a press conference in Kano, announcing the start of a nationwide National Survival Day protest set for October 1, which aims to tackle issues such as the cost-of-living crisis and widespread bad governance. Key demands raised by Comrade Abdulmajid include addressing the rising fuel pump prices, food inflation, high costs of governance, grand corruption, persistent insecurity, and advocating for the re-nationalization of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) and electricity distribution companies (DISCOs).