Nationwide Protest: No room for violence as over 25,000 security personnel get deployed to Kaduna.

The Kaduna state police command has said that over 25,000 security personnel have been deployed to strategic flash points in the state to ensure law and order during Thursday’s “protest against hunger and bad governance.”

Spokesperson of the command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said the security personnel include the police, the armed forces and personnel of other security agencies.

According to him, the massive security deployment to flashpoints, “is to ensure strict compliance to public order.”

On Wednesday the security personnel led by the police commissioner and other top security heads, embarked on a confidence building patrol within Kaduna metropolis, preparatory for the protest. Hassan said the show of force patrol was “designed to serve as a clear warning to those who may seek to use the upcoming protest to destabilise the state.”