As a measure to avert possible attacks by Boko Haram terrorists, especially during the yuletide, the Yobe State government yesterday announced a five- day ban on all kinds of vehicles within the state. The ban, according to a statement issued by Abdullahi Bego, the special adviser on Press Affairs and Information to Yobe State governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, was sanctioned by the governor at the end of a security council meeting in Damaturu, the state capital. According to Bego, the restriction would commence from 6pm today to 7am on Sunday, December 28, 2014. Unlike in Borno State where all vehicular movements will be restricted for the same period of five days, the ban in Yobe State is only for vehicles coming into or leaving the state. Bego added, however, that people in various towns across the state can move with their vehicles freely within their own towns except during the curfew hours imposed earlier. He clarified that hospital ambulance services on emergency assignments will be exempted from these restrictions. - See more at: abujavoice/christmas-army-restricts-vehicular-movement-in-borno-yobe/#sthash.sYpF0J0R.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:39:40 +0000
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