Zamfara Imposes Dusk-To-Dawn Curfew, Shuts Down Schools

Zamfara State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew
throughout the state.

The government has also shut down schools, both private and
public, operating in all the local governments in the state.

The measure came on the heels of bandits’ invasion of Kaya town
in Maradun Local Area of the state on Wednesday morning, where a
yet-to-be-ascertained number of pupils were abducted from the
Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government
Area of Zamfara State where the governor, Bello Matawalle, hails
from.

The school, according to an indigene of the area, Abu Kaya, shas
about 300 students, a large number of whom were taken by the
bandits who had arrived the school at about 11:00A.M on Wednesday
when the school was in session.

According to TVC News, the curfew is from six o’clock in the
evening to six o’clock in the morning

“The move, according to authorities, is to control the rising
cases of banditry and kidnapping in the state,” says the broadcast
medium.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Ayuba Elkana, announced the curfew while
addressing newsmen in Gusau.

Elkana said that the curfew was with immediate effect from 6
p.m. to 6 a. m. daily in the 13 local government areas except
Gusau, the state capital.

According to him, the curfew takes effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a. m
in Gusau, the state capital, until further notice.

He said that the curfew was imposed as part of measures to
tackle the growing banditry and kidnapping in the state.

The Police commissioner also announced the total and immediate
closure of “all schools in the state.”

Elkana said that the measures followed the increasing rate of
attacks and abduction of pupils, students and even teachers in
schools across the state.

He, however, declined comment on reports of a fresh abduction of
school students in parts of the state on Wednesday, including a
secondary school in Kaya, Maradun Local Government area of the
state. (NAN)

Zamfara State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew
throughout the state.

The government has also shut down schools, both private and
public, operating in all the local governments in the state.

The measure came on the heels of bandits’ invasion of Kaya town
in Maradun Local Area of the state on Wednesday morning, where a
yet-to-be-ascertained number of pupils were abducted from the
Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government
Area of Zamfara State where the governor, Bello Matawalle, hails
from.

The school, according to an indigene of the area, Abu Kaya, shas
about 300 students, a large number of whom were taken by the
bandits who had arrived the school at about 11:00A.M on Wednesday
when the school was in session.

According to TVC News, the curfew is from six o’clock in the
evening to six o’clock in the morning

“The move, according to authorities, is to control the rising
cases of banditry and kidnapping in the state,” says the broadcast
medium.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Ayuba Elkana, announced the curfew while
addressing newsmen in Gusau.

Elkana said that the curfew was with immediate effect from 6
p.m. to 6 a. m. daily in the 13 local government areas except
Gusau, the state capital.

According to him, the curfew takes effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a. m
in Gusau, the state capital, until further notice.

He said that the curfew was imposed as part of measures to
tackle the growing banditry and kidnapping in the state.

The Police commissioner also announced the total and immediate
closure of “all schools in the state.”

Elkana said that the measures followed the increasing rate of
attacks and abduction of pupils, students and even teachers in
schools across the state.

He, however, declined comment on reports of a fresh abduction of
school students in parts of the state on Wednesday, including a
secondary school in Kaya, Maradun Local Government area of the
state. (NAN)