Nigeria: Reacting to Bayero Attack

25 January 2013

The Reaction of the Kano State Government ban on commercial motorcycle riders - after the attack on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero punishes the innocent as well as the possible attackers. The wonder is why government would lump the innocent with the guilty.

Is the government under panic or wants to be seen as doing something? The attack is condemnable. The use of motorcycle riders in executing similar attacks is not new. Governments in certain States have limited operations of motorcycle riders as investigations link them with crimes.

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