As Matawalle loses his seat to PDP governorship, Zamfara imposes dusk to dawn curfew

Following the governorship election, the state government of Zamfara imposed a curfew across the entire state. His Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, Dauda Lawal Dare, defeated Governor Bello Matawalle in the race for reelection. Ibrahim Dosara, Commissioner for Information, stated in a statement that the action was taken to stop violence,

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The statement reads: “The government of Zamfara state has noticed with dismay, the wanton destruction and vandalisation of government and public property and assets where several innocent citizens are being inflicted with various degrees of injuries in the name of celebration of yesterday’s declaration of Governorship election results.” “Reports available to the government indicate that in lives were lost, houses and personal effects destroyed and shops were burgled. “To guard against these acts, government finds it imperative to impose statewide curfew from 8 pm to 6am until peace is restored. Security agencies are therefore directed to ensure compliance.”

Following the announcement of the election results, the Kano State government, whose deputy governor Nasir Gawuna ran for office as an APC candidate but lost to Abba Yusuf of the NNPP, took a similar action, according to Legit.ng. A curfew had been imposed by Governor Ganduje’s administration to prevent violent celebrations, but some NNPP supporters disobeyed it as they flocked to the streets to celebrate the defeat of the ruling party.