JIGAWA State Governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi has declared a 24 hours curfew in the state.
This newspaper reports that the governor in a State broadcast on Thursday night said the curfew became pertinent following the looting and vandalization of property during the #endbadgovernance protest in the state.
“It is sad that we woke up on Thursday to witness what is not part of our culture and tradition of destroying properties and even the protest, ‘’Namadi said.
“This is totally not part of us because as a Muslim, we believe that nobody can inflict hardship on anybody except God Almighty.’’
“We were surprised to see small children sponsored to destroy public property, hence the need to impose the curfew.
He said the curfew would continue until the situation is assessed and evaluated to determine the next step.
The governor however noted that because of Friday’s Jummuat Prayer, the curfew would be relaxed from 12:00 noon to 2.30 pm to allow for the congregational prayer.
Meanwhile, the Jigawa Police Command has reiterated its readiness to implement the curfew to the later.
The Jigawa state police command says it has imposed a 24-hour curfew due to violence and attacks on stores, local government secretariat and houses of politicians during hunger protests in the state.
The command public relations officer DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists in Dutse, the state capital, noting that the curfew is due to the violence and attack on stores, local government secretariat and houses of politicians during hunger protest in the state.
The statement said fifty-five (55) people were arrested and six items were recovered during the protest.
“We’ve arrested fifty-five (55) suspects, recovering Motorcycles 35, Tricycle 3, Bicycles 12, Bags of fertilizer 111, Chairs 9 and Cartons of mosquito nets 40,” said Shiisu.
“Some of the damaged area trespassed are Hadejia LG Secretariat and set fire on six (6) parked vehicles, Vandalized JARDA store, made away with fertilizer and food stuff in Gumel LG, Set fire on the house of national assembly member, one Hon. Nazifi Sani, Vandalized NITDA office, Looted APC state secretariat and set it ablaze, vandalized JASCO store and carted away fertilizer and foodstuff in B/Kudu and Attempted attacking sen Babangida Hussaini’s house in Kazaure LGA,” he said.
