The Kaduna government says the Police and other security agencies will reinforce their presence on the major expressways leading in and out of the State, to enhance security.
This was announced on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan following a meeting of the Kaduna State Security Council summoned by Governor Nasiru El-Rufai to assess the situation on the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna-Birnin Gwari roads.
Governor El-Rufai presided over the meeting via teleconference from Dakar, Senegal where he accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari on an official assignment.
The statement said, the State Security Council appealed for calm, assuring citizens plying the Abuja-Kaduna and Kaduna-Birnin Gwari roads of robust security patrols on the resolutions adopted for immediate implementation.
The meeting assured residents that government would continue to partner with security agencies towards the protection of lives and properties of the citizenry.
According to the statement, further details of the meeting were not made public to avoid undermining security measures.
The Security Council also released the following helplines for citizens to contact security agencies: 09034000060 and 08170189999. Present at the meeting were Brigadier General OJ. Akpor, Garrison Commander I Division, Air Commodore I. Sani, Base Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police AT Abdullahi, State Director Department of State Services, Ahmed Idris Koya, Modu Bunu, Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Secretary to the State Government, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, DIG Murtala Abbas, Special Adviser on Internal Security, Adamu Mansur, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs and Special Services and Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity.
