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Special Forces Storm Kaduna, Air Assets Deployed Over Crisis (Photos)

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Special Forces Storm Kaduna, Air Assets Deployed Over Crisis (Photos)

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday, 28 October 2018, deployed a detachment of Special Forces personnel to Kaduna in support of Internal Security operations in the State.

The detachment will join other NAF personnel in Kaduna and other security agencies to ensure that the spate of senseless killings in some parts of the State is brought to a complete end and normalcy expeditiously restored.

The deployment is in addition to the earlier deployment of 2 helicopters and a DA-42 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft on 22 October 2018, which have since been conducting aerial patrols over flash points in the State.

The Kaduna State Governments has relaxed the curfew in Kaduna metropolis and environs after considerable peace has returned to the city.

Special Forces Storm Kaduna, Air Assets Deployed Over Crisis (Photos)

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna.

Aruwan said residents could now move around until 5:00 pm, adding that the prevailing peace had encouraged the authority to relax the curfew on Monday between 6:00am and 5:00pm.

Special Forces Storm Kaduna, Air Assets Deployed Over Crisis (Photos)

He said banks and markets should use the period to open to customers, adding that sustained calm was required to totally remove the curfew.

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