*el-Rufai warns against breakdown of law and order
*Directs security agencies to nip in the bud all threats to peace
By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Following intelligence report gathered, security agencies have been placed on high alert and have been directed by the Kaduna State government to decisively uphold law and order.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Honourable Samuel Aruwan, made available yesterday.
“The Kaduna State Government has received credible intelligence reports of plans by various groups to deliberately disrupt public peace, by organizing street protests.
“The Kaduna State Government hereby reminds citizens that such protests remain strictly prohibited. Citizens are strongly advised to avoid all actions remotely capable of inciting a breakdown of law and order,” it said.
“Any resort to unruly or violent conduct is illegal and against the public interest which values law and order,” it warned.
The government said that it has continued, “to empathize with citizens who have been placed in untold distress as a result of the CBN cash swap policy. Residents must shun the baiting of mischievous groups hoping to ride on these hardships and incite violence.
“The Government of Kaduna State, and other concerned state governments, are deploying the full instrumentality of the law to attain a proper resolution, and thus bring relief to citizens,” it saud.
It added that government is also studying options for addressing challenges being faced by citizens with regard to transport to their places of work.
“Citizens are therefore, urged to maintain calm, and to remain peaceful and law-abiding as they prepare to exercise their civic franchise in an atmosphere free of all forms of threat,” it advised.
