Crime & Security24-Hour Curfew Relaxes In Kaura, Jema’a LGAs

KADUNA — The 24-hour curfew earlier imposed on Kaura and Jema’a Local Government Areas by the Kaduna State government has been relaxed.

Recall that last Sunday, gunmen attacked and killed at least 34 people and burnt several houses and other property in the two local government areas which necessitated the state government to take that measure.

Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in a statement said movement in the areas is now from 6am to 6pm, while the curfew is to be observed from 6pm to 6am daily.

He said the decision to review the security situation and relax the curfew was based on the report presented by security agencies at a peace engagement.

“The government wishes to reiterate that the initial declaration of the 24-hour curfew was to avert the escalation of violence. Monitoring of the situation will continue. Should security assessments necessitate it, the government will not hesitate to revert to a 24-hour curfew” he said.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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