Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Friday, lifted the curfew imposed on the state capital with immediate effect.
He, however, banned all forms of processions in the state until further notice.
Tambuwal said the decision to lift the curfew was taken after due consultation with relevant security agencies and other stakeholders.
The governor said, “Acting on enabling powers under section 176 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, section 1, 2 and 4 of the Public Order Act and section 15 of Sokoto State Peace Preservation Law, I hereby lift the curfew.”
But he advised all residents of the state and the general public to be law abiding and maintain peace, emphasising the need for peaceful co-existence amongst the the people in the state.
Tambuwal commended the state’s residents for their understanding and compliance with the curfew.
Last Saturday, the governor had imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sokoto metropolis following the outbreak of a violent protest in which one person lost his life and several others were injured in the state.
The protesting youths bearing placards with various inscriptions, had demanded the release of the two suspects arrested over the murder of Deborah Samuel who was accused of blasphemy, lynched and burnt by her irate colleagues at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, penultimate Thursday.
