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Some lorries transporting passengers into Kaduna state under the guise of carrying food items were turned back at the state border with Kano, on Monday.

Security officials at Sabon Gida village in Ikara local government area of the state prevented the vehicles from entering the state through Kiru local government area of Kano.

Commenting on the development, Samuel Aruwan, commissioner of internal security and home affairs, security operatives were deployed to assess the level of compliance with the travel restriction.

“They abused exemption as you can see, we found dozens of people hidden and well concealed. The good thing is they have not entered Kaduna State and we will turn them back to wherever they came from.

“Similarly, we have turned back dozens of passengers, and we will sustain the tempo in compliance with the Kaduna State Government’s directives. We are having some problems with those beating security through remote areas with motorcycles but we will go back to the drawing board,” he said.

Below are pictures of the lorries turned back: