From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
As the Nationwide Protest against hardship turned violent in Jigawa state and the fear for the escalation of the situation, the state government has imposed 24 hours curfew in the state.
The state governor Malam Umar Namadi announced the curfew in a media broadcast described the situation in the state as very unfortunate.
” The situation in which the peaceful demonstration turned violent characterized by destruction and looting is totally unaccepted and it is not in our culture, therefore we will not allowed it to continue unabated”
” To ensure the return of peace and stability we announced 24 hours curfew, how ever for today Friday the curfew will be relax between 12:00 to 02:30pm to allowed people to attend Friday mosque”
“Together with security agencies we will continue to study the situation and take appropriate action to safeguard the life and properties of people against miscreants and hoodlums across the state” Governor Namadi declared.