Military authorities at the 7 Division Nigerian Army has announced a review of the dusk to dawn curfew in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
According to the deputy director, Army public relations, Colonel Tukur Gusau, movement is now allowed between 8am and 5pm daily.
Maiduguri has been observing a dusk to dawn curfew from 7pm to 6am daily in the last three years.
Col Gusau who made this announcement through a statement made available to journalists said the prevailing curfew hours would tarry till when the security situation is deemed betterarmy 22.
“The 7 Division Nigerian Army has after reviewing security situation in Maiduguri decided to relax the curfew. Movement is now from 8am – 5pm until further notice.
“Residents of Maiduguri are advised to continue with their normal activities within the stipulated period and also continue to monitor the media for updates,” the statement read.
Normal movement has since commenced within the troubled city even as some of the residents who had lost some of their relatives during the Wednesday night attack by Boko Haram are still grieving over their unfortunate bereavements.
Borno State deputy governor, Zannah Mustapha, had on Friday explained that the curfew became necessary when military intelligence gathered that the terrorists planned to sneak in about 600 female suicide bombers into Maiduguri.
Source: http://leadership.ng/
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