Sani who was clad in black suit with the president of the Human Rights Nasir Abbas and the Director of publicity of CRC, Comrade Suleiman Ahmad were mistaken by the security men as SSS officials. At the NTA gate where a combined team of soldiers, policemen were stationed they allowed them to go unquestioned.
A police corporal, Shedrack Dominic who spoke to our correspondent at NTA said they allowed Shehu Sani and his co-travellers to walk through the areas without any harassment because 'they were SSS officials on duty'.
Speaking to newsmen, he said decided to defy the curfew because the state governor lacks the constitutional power to impose the curfew.
“As leaders of this protest, we have chosen to come out today to defy this reactionary curfew.We are quiet aware that we risk been arrested or even shot at by state forces with penchant for extra judicial killings. We are breaking this curfew today (Wednesday) because we consider the curfew as a state violation of our fundamental right to protest.
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