Apparently taking a proactive step against extremists who may be planning protest in solidarity with protesters in Sokoto, asking for the release of suspects arrested over the murder NCE student, Miss Deborah Emmanuel, Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, has banned protests related to religious activity in the state.
In a statement made available on Saturday by the State Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr Samuel Aruwan, Governor el-Rufai said the ban became imperative “in view of moves by some unpatriotic elements to organise series of for-and-against protests related to a security development in one of the northern states”.
Until her gruesome murder, the late Deborah was a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education while security agents have arrested her suspected killers.
But some people were not happy with their arrests as they are now protesting in Sokoto metropolis, seeking for their release.
The development prompted Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to swiftly imposed 24-hour curfew on the state in order to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
