The police in Kano have detained three broadcasting staff of Wazobia FM in Kano over alleged incitement on the polio exercise in a Hausa programme tagged "SANDAR GIRMA" aired in the state last week.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris said the three persons were arrested over incitement, adding that they are not arrested because they are journalists, but because of issues bordering on heinous crime.
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