By Francesca Hangeior
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has declared 24-hour curfew in the state following the degeneration of the protest against hunger in the country.
The governor declared the curfew at a press conference held at the Government House on Thursday.
He said, “After careful consideration, we have come to terms that 24 hours curfew should be put in place to further prevent looting and vandalisation of businesses and killing of innocent citizens.”
He further direct all security agencies in the state to ensure full compliance with the directives to ensure restoration of peace in the state.
The curfew has also been declared in Borno State and Yobe State.
The curfew was declared in Borno after many protesters went berserk at the Bulunkutu area, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Thursday.
The angry protesters, in their hundreds, mounted roadblocks, preventing vehicular movement and breaking windscreens of private and commercial vehicles that insisted on passing.
The young men and women protesting were seen chanting anti-government songs, carrying placards with the inscriptions: “Ba ma yi”, “Tinubu must go”, “End the bad governance” and “there is hunger”.