Kaduna State Safety Council headed by Governor Uba Sani has mentioned the federal government had reviewed the safety state of affairs arising from the present 6pm to 8am curfew, and different points pertaining to public security.
The federal government mentioned based mostly on the evaluate, felony components disguising as protesters with the intent to generate unrest within the state wouldn’t be spared.
In an announcement, the overseeing commissioner, Ministry of Inside Safety and Dwelling Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, mentioned though the safety council recognised the elemental rights of residents to freedom of expression, lawful meeting and different constitutional rights enshrined within the 1999 Structure as amended, safety forces can’t allow a state of affairs the place criminals masquerade as protesters to loot and vandalise private and non-private properties, and unleash terror on harmless residents as skilled on August 1 and 5.
“Processions not verified and cleared by safety companies subsequently stay prohibited in mild of the general public safety issues highlighted. The ugly occasions of 1st and fifth August 2024 are clear indicators that criminals are pursuing an agenda to plunge the state into chaos, and are able to camouflage these designs with in any other case real protests”
“Accessible intelligence from the reviewed interval additionally reveals the grim focus of those forces in herding youngsters and impressionable people into their darkish schemes.
“The results of those plans, if allowed to flourish, are higher imagined. The Kaduna State authorities and safety forces won’t stand by and permit an anti-state agenda to run unchecked. It bears reiterating that criminals masquerading as protesters won’t be permitted to wreak havoc. Residents are enjoined to proceed to look at the 6pm to 8am curfew and report any incendiary exercise to the Safety Operations Room on: 0903 400 0060
0817 018 9999,” the assertion mentioned.
