In order to prevent a breakdown in law and order as a result of tensions brought on by the collation of the results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state, the government of Kano State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

This was said in a statement released early on Monday by Mallam Muhammad Garba, the Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs.

According to him, the decision was “to prevent hoodlums from causing chaos in the already tensed situation.”

The commissioner called on people in the state to “remain indoors as security agents would not spare anyone or group bent on causing trouble.”