No fewer than 150 travellers including Almajiri children travelling in three vehicles along the Abuja-Kaduna road have been intercepted by security operatives on Wednesday, May 6.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development in the state, Hafsat Baba.
Hafsat Baba disclosed that the travellers were trying to enter the state from the Federal Capital Territory, (Abuja) and Nyanya in Nasarawa State.
She told Channels TV that other almajiris were also intercepted in Soba and Giwa Local Government Areas of the state.
Out of the 150 intercepted travellers, 90 are from Kano State while the others are from Nasarawa and Birinin Gwari Local Government in Kaduna.
All the non-indigenous Almajiris and other travellers have been returned to their states, while those from Kaduna have been quarantined for a period of 14 days.
In a related story, WITHIN NIGERIA reported that the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that 50 of the almajiri children sent away from Kano state accounted for the 59 active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna State
