{"id":91238,"date":"2024-08-05T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91238"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:04:52","slug":"kaduna-govt-shuts-down-kaduna-zaria-cities-imposes-24-hours-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91238","title":{"rendered":"(Videos) Kaduna govt shuts down Kaduna, Zaria cities, imposes 24 hours curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91250\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91250\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-971x1536.jpg 971w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp-696x1102.jpg 696w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240805_170206_WhatsApp.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A massive throng of protesters on a Kaduna road on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Kaduna State Government on Monday shut down its most prominent cities of Kaduna and Zaria by imposing a 24-hour curfew on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a terse statement that the decision followed looting and violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Below: The Video of a\u00a0 Fidelity Bank branch after attack by protesters in Kaduna city; hijack of a Armoured Personnel Carrier:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-91238-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0018.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0018.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0018.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-91238-2\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0016.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0016.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VID-20240805-WA0016.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">His words:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> \u201cThe Kaduna State Security Council under the leadership of Gov.\u00a0 Uba Sani, following a review of the security situation in the State, hereby notifies the citizens of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201dThere is sufficient evidence to clearly indicate that the ongoing protest has been hijacked by criminal elements who have resorted to looting of shops and destruction of private and public property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201dIn view of this unfortunate development, the Kaduna State Security Council has unanimously resolved to impose a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolises and environs with immediate effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cCitizens are advised to remain indoors while security forces continue to work to maintain safety and security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cMonitoring will be sustained for review of the curfew as required,\u201dAruwan said.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_240805_161246_389.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna State Government on Monday shut down its most prominent cities of Kaduna and Zaria by imposing a 24-hour curfew on them. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a terse statement that the decision followed looting and violence. Below: The Video of a\u00a0 Fidelity Bank branch after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":91240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5807,7],"tags":[1007,161,2344],"class_list":["post-91238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime-and-violence","category-news","tag-curfew","tag-kaduna","tag-zaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}