By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Following the fracas which led to unfortunate loss of lives and destruction of property in Agban/Adan villages of Kaura LGA of Kaduna State on the 21st March, 2022 and the subsequent declaration of curfew by the Kaduna State Government which covers Jema’a and Kaura LGAs, the Ag. Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, DCP Maiyaki Mohammed Baba has ordered for a full scale investigation of the incident.
According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mohammed Jalige, dated March 22, 2022, the acting CP has ordered adequate deployment of Police anti-riot units, conventional Police as well as undercover Operatives to ensure the strict enforcement of the said curfew imposed and to equally tame the spread of the crisis to the neighboring communities.
“The deployment became so necessary considering the volatile nature of such clashes in the past and attendant consequences.
“The measures taken will indeed give the authorities the ample chance to prevent any further loss of life and destruction of property of law abiding citizens of the State,” the statement said.
It informed that the Ag.CP equally while condoling the good people of the state particularly the families of those who lost their loved ones in the unfortunate incident, warned those inclined ro such troublemaking to desist as the longhand of the law will always catch up with them.
“Thus, he is calling on the communities to be law abiding and comply with the curfew emplaced by the authority as violators of the order will be made to face the consequences of their action,” it added
The statement said that he noted that the curfew is not in any way to punish anybody but a strategy to safeguard the sanctity of human life as he assured the parties that justice will be served on whosoever has a hand in the crisis as the command will not leave any stone unturned in getting to the root of the crisis.
