The governor of Zamfara State, Governor Bello Matawalle, has today, Wednesday 1st, 2021 ordered the immediate closure of primary and secondary schools in the state.
This is coming as a reaction to the recent attack and abduction of a yet-to-be-determined number of students by bandits earlier today in Kaya Day Secondary School in Maradun Local Government Area of the state which The Street Journal reported.
Channels report that the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana, conveyed the governor’s directive while addressing journalists on the new security measures in the state.
Mr Elkana said, “I wish to inform the general public that His Excellency the executive governor of Zamfara State has ordered the closure of all schools within the state, both primary and secondary schools that are existing here are now closed with immediate effect.”
The Zamfara State Government’s decision is indefinite, the commissioner revealed during the briefing in Gusau.
“It’s a threat, you know the bandits will like to go back to kidnap these students, so for their safety, the schools have to be closed until peace is restored in the state,” he added.
When pressed for the number of students that were abducted, the commissioner of police replied, “I don’t know.”
The government also restricted movement – from 6 pm to 6 am- in 13 local government areas. But for Gusau, the capital, movement restriction will be from 8 pm to 6 am.
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