Dr.
Abdul-Kabiru Tia Mahama, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walewale Constituency, has questioned the rationale behind imposing a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the residents of Walewale and its surrounding areas.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, February 20, 2025, and in a subsequent media interview, the MP expressed concerns over the curfew, enacted by the Ministry of Interior, and reported brutalities against residents by security personnel in the area. "I presented a statement on the imposition of the curfew in Walewale and the brutalities unleashed on residents by security personnel.
This was necessitated by the fact that this is the first time in the country's history that a curfew has been imposed on a community-or series of communities-where there is no internal conflict, i.e., factions are not fighting each other.
