NAME: AUGUSTA AYA OGWENS
ND2A
NMC/10/1513
COURSE: ONLINE JOURNALISM
The Kaduna state Special Assistant to the Governor, Mr. Rueben Buhari, told the media that the 24 hour curfew imposed on the state has being stopped.
This was confirmed on Monday which the curfew was relaxed by four hours on the same day to allow movement of people between noon and 4pm.
He further explained that movement of people will be allowed between 7am and 4pm in Kaduna south, Kaduna north, igabi and chikun local government areas from Tuesday, 26th of June, 2012.
With this, residents in the remaining 19 local government areas are allowed to move around between 6am and 6pm.
The curfew was imposed to the state due to the bomb attacks on different churches which consists of: ECWA church, Wusasa, Zaria, CKC, sabon-gari, Zaria and the shalom church of God Trikania Kaduna.
Speaking to a resident and a student of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria via phone Husseina Shalloma, said “I cannot go to school now all in the name of bomb attacks and it is affecting my education” she said.
However, the curfew was initially relaxed on June 18 but was later reinstated after due to fresh violence in the state capital.
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