travellers including Almajiri children travelling in three vehicles
along the Abuja-Kaduna road.
The Commissioner for Human Resources and Social Development in the
state, 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.