Supporters of former Governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, on Wednesday besieged the Kaduna Prisons, demanding for his immediate release.
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna had earlier granted bail to the former governor and three others standing trial over alleged money laundering.
The former governor and the three others were, however, returned to the prison pending when their bail conditions were met.
Thousands of supporters of the politicians, who had earlier thronged the court premises chanting different slogans in support of the former governor, blocked the Independence Way, the road which leads to the prison, insisting on their release.
It took the intervention of armed Mobile Policemen who used hot water and teargas to disperse the political supporters of Yero.
The policemen also blocked the road, diverting motorists, leading to heavy traffic along Kabala and Murtala Square areas of the city center.
ASP Murkhtar Aliyu, the Police Public Relations officer of the State Police Command, when contacted, said the security agents intervened and dispersed the youths to avert breach of security.
NAN reports that Yero was arraigned alongside a former minister, Nuhu Wya; ex-Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in the state, Abubakar Gaya-Haruna; and former Secretary to the Kaduna State Government, Hamza Ishaq.
They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a four-count charge bordering on laundering over N700 million in 2015.
It would be recalled that when the case came up on May 30, all the four defendants had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
PHOTO: Former Governor Yero
