The Yobe State Government, in collaboration with security agencies, has reopened the Kukareta and Buniyadi markets, which were recently closed due to security concerns.
The markets, located in Gujba and Damaturu Local Government Areas, were initially shut down to disrupt suspected food supply routes to insurgents who have been threatening the safety of residents in the region.
This development was announced by Dahiru Abdulsalam, Security Adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni, while speaking to journalists after the Yobe State Security Meeting, which was chaired by Deputy Governor Idi Barde-Gubana at the Government House in Damaturu.
“After the review of the security situations in the state, I am happy to announce to you that two out of the three markets shut down due to insecurity in Kukareta and Buniyadi have been reopened,” he said.
According to him, the ban on the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, between 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily is still in place, and any violators found would be apprehended.
In the same vein, Abdulsalam pointed out that the state government would establish a task force to monitor the encroachment of farmlands and cattle routes by both the crop farmers and the herders.
He explained that the measure is to curtail the clashes between them, although there has been a tremendous reduction in the farmers/herders clashes in recent times.
