The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Zangon-Kataf and two other local government areas to protect lives and properties of the people.
Mr Samuel Aruwan, Special Assistant to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Publicity in Kaduna, listed the other two councils as Kaura and Jema’a.
The curfew was imposed following an emergency meeting of the State Security Council.
The meeting also endorsed a ban on processions and unlawful assembly in any part of the state.
Aruwan said the council took the measure based on credible intelligence reports about risks to lives and property in the affected areas.
Security agencies had been empowered to arrest and prosecute any individual or groups that violate the orders.
The Council urged security operatives to ensure best practices in enforcing the directives.
Gov. El-Rufai chaired the meeting with the his Deputy, Barnabas Bala and was attended by the State Commissioner of Police, Agyole Abeh and Director of DSS, Mohammed Wakili.
Others that attended the meeting were Brig.-Gen. I. Isa, Commander, 1 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army; Rear Adm. T. T. Dakwat, Commandant, Nigerian Navy School of Armament, Kachia, and AVM Bello Garba, Base Commander, Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna.
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