The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in a statewide broadcast has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the entire 23 Local Government Areas of the state, prohibiting any human or vehicular movement within or any part of it from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. starting from Thursday till further notice.
This was contained in a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to the State Governor on Media after an exhaustive deliberation by the State Security Council at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Thursday, April 29, 2021.
The governor after considering the recent attacks on security personnel in Ikwerre and Abua/Odual Local Government Areas, on Wednesday, April 28, at the State Security Council had to imposed a night-time curfew on all the state entry and exit points with Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Imo State stating that there are possibilities of further deadly attacks on hard and soft targets across the state.
According to the governor after the review of the present security situation stated that the measure and the decision at this time is a deliberate attempt necessary to secure the state and safeguard lives and properties.
Furthermore, he urged residents to be vigilant and promptly report every suspicious movement in their neighborhood to the security agencies for immediate action.
He said, “Accordingly, the State Security Council has, today, after exhaustive deliberation, decided and advised that a statewide curfew on human and vehicular movements be imposed as part of additional measures to prevent the faceless criminals from unleashing their deadly actions.
“Consequently, a night curfew is hereby imposed on the entire 23 Local Government Areas of the State prohibiting any human and or vehicular movement within or any part of the State from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. from today 29th April 2021 until further notice.”
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