Angry protesters trooped to the residence of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State, on Thursday.
The demonstrators under the theme of #EndBadGovernance joined demonstration across Nigeria.
The demonstrations in some states soon became chaotic leading to restricted movements, shutting of businesses leading three states to declare curfew.
The angry protesters tried to break into the residence of the former president, chanting anti-government songs.
“They set up bonfire in front of the former President’s house and were chanting loudly,” a witness from Katsina mentioned to the press.
Youuths were seen screaming on top of their voices.
“Bama yi! Bama yi! Bama yi!,” the crowd chorused in Hausa.
The term, which literarily translates as “we don’t want”, is usually used as a form of disapproval during protests.
It took the intervention of an unidentified person who came out of Buhari’s residence to address the angry youths.
The person, according to the witness, asked the mob to select one person to speak, while he would be recorded and the video shown to the Nigerian leader.
After this, the angry youths reportedly headed for the palace of the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar Farouk.
One of them was reportedly shot on the leg by security operatives who were trying to disperse them but the protesters refused to back down.
According to a resident of Daura, who wouldn’t want his name mentioned, “I was at my place of work organising speech and prize event for our students when the protest began. I was briefed about what happened. I learnt that the protesters took to the residences of former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Emir of Daura and Magajin Garin Daura.
“While returning home from my place of work, I moved through the residence of Alhaji Musa Uba, the Magajin Gari, a senior traditional title holder in Emirate, and can confirm that some minor damages had been done there. He was reportedly against the protest and that could be the reason the protesters attacked his house. They threw stones at the house but the situation was contained by security operatives. The palace of the Emir is being guarded by the army and police. As we speak, Daura is calm.”
