Jigawa Protest: Governor Namadi Imposes 24 Hours Curfew

Jigawa State Governor in North West Nigeria, Umar Namadi, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state. In a State broadcast, Governor Namadi said the curfew became necessary following the looting and vandalization of properties during the #EndBadGovernance protest# in the state. He said, '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. 'This is totally not part of us because as Muslims, 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 Jumaat Prayer, the curfew would be relaxed from 12:00 noon to 2.30 pm to allow for the congregational prayer. Meanwhile, the Jigawa State Police Command has reiterated its readiness to implement the curfew. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam in a 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.' Some of the damaged areas are Hadejia LG Secretariat where six (6) parked vehicles were set on fire, JARDA store was vandalized, Gumel LG, Set fire to the house of national assembly member, 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 Senator Babangida Hussaini's house in Kazaure LGA. Source :News Agency of Nigeria