Abia State
Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, wishes to express his appreciation to
Abians and residents, particularly those living and doing business at
Aba, for their support and cooperation during this trying period.
For a commercial city that is also the economic hub of the state and
the South East region, the effect of the socio-economic disruption at
Aba is too massive to measure at this time and the Government fully
appreciates all the sacrifices made to ensure early restoration of normalcy.
We also wish to commend the efforts of the men and women of the
security services currently working round the clock to restore law and
order and safeguard lives and properties of law abiding citizens and
residents.
After a profound review of the security situation
across the state, we are compelled to extend the current curfew imposed
on Aba to enable us consolidate the peace and normalcy that is gradually
returning to the city.
The government is therefore seeking your
continuing support and understanding for the further extension of the
dusk to dawn (6pm to 6am) curfew at Aba to Sunday 17th of September
2017.
Furthermore, in order to ensure the safety of our children
and wards who were billed to resume school on the 18th of September
2017, we hereby direct that the resumption be postponed till the 25th of
September 2017 across the state.
It is our hope that all the measures taken so far will help to rapidly restore full normalcy to all areas of the state.
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