Cash swaps: KDSG warns against breakdown of law and order

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Kaduna State Government has warned that any resort to unruly or violent conduct as a result of untold distress as a result of the CBN cash swap policy is illegal and against the public interest which values law and order.
The State Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan stated this in a statement made available to the media in Kaduna yesterday.
The statement stated that the State Government has received credible intelligence of plans by various groups to deliberately disrupt public peace, by organizing street protests.
Aruwan warned that the security agencies have been placed on high alert and have been directed by the Government to decisively uphold law and order.
The statement further stated that citizens are urged to maintain calm, and to remain peaceful and law-abiding as they prepare to exercise their civic franchise in an atmosphere free of all forms of threat.
“ The Government continues to empathize with citizens who have been placed in untold distress as a result of the CBN cash swap policy. Residents must shun the biddings of mischievous groups hoping to ride on these hardships and incite violence.
“The Government of Kaduna State, and other concerned state governments, are deploying the full instrumentality of the law to attain a proper resolution, and thus bring relief to citizens.
“Government is also studying options for addressing challenges being faced by citizens with regard to transport to their places of work.”