Malik Yahya/
The Kaduna State Government has reinstated a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna metropolis and environs, Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru, Kateri and Kachia.
The decision followed the reported death of the abducted Agom Adara, His Royal Highness, Dr Maiwada Raphael Galadima, in the custody of his abductors this morning.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the body of the monarch was recovered along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
The state government had on Tuesday reduced the period of the curfew to 12 hours after a review of the security situation.
A statement by the government says the curfew is effective from 11 am today, Friday, 26th October 2018 and will remain in force until further notice.
The statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, further says:
“This is a necessary step to help maintain peace as we mourn the death of HRH Agom Adara, who we lost in the early hours of today to the criminals who abducted him last week.
“The Kaduna State Government calls for calm in all our communities. The criminal elements who perpetrated this crime should not be allowed to divide us.
“This is a struggle between good, decent, law-abiding people trying to uphold the peace and criminals who want to divide and destroy. It is not a struggle between religious or ethnic groups. Let no criminal find succour in faith or tribe.
“Let us unite against every criminal activity. Let us stand together as human beings who have a right to live in peace.”
Four people — including a policeman — were killed by the abductors last Friday before taking away the monarch, his wife and driver.
The wife, Victoria, was later released by the abductors.
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