Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday accused the State Security Service (SSS) of recruiting protesters to disrupt his campaign launch in Sokoto on Wednesday.

Addressing journalists, Atiku alleged that the protesters were being assembled to create enough disorder for the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Sokoto State Government to impose a curfew and stop the event.

He identified an office behind Zenith Bank on Koko Road as one of the alleged assembly points and claimed that trucks were transporting protesters to locations including a roundabout.

The protesters, he said, had already begun obstructing traffic, threatening motorists and assaulting some residen...