Following the Tuesday attack on the
convoy of the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, a 24-hour
curfew has been imposed on three local government areas in Kaduna State.
The local government areas are Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema’a.
The Kaduna State Security Council said
it took the step based on credible intelligence about risks to lives and
property in the affected areas.
This is just as the governor appealed
for calm over the attack on him, urging citizens not to respond to the
action by demonstrators in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area on
Tuesday.
El-Rufai’s Special Assistant on Media
and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement that the decision to
impose curfew on the three LGs was taken by the State Security Council
shortly after its meeting on Wednesday.
The spokesman added that the council also reaffirmed the ban on all processions and unlawful assembly throughout the state.
The meeting, chaired by El-Rufai, the
statement added, was attended by the Deputy Governor, Barnabas
Yusuf-Bala; Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Agyole Abeh; and
Director DSS, Mohammed Wakili; among others.
The governor and his entourage were
reportedly pelted with stones and some of the vehicles were damaged
after the governor addressed some demonstrators after the Kaduna State
Security Council meeting.
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