Security beefed up following seizure of illegal arms in Kano

Checkpoints dismantled two weeks ago by the Police in Kano have returned following the discovery of arms caches by the Joint Task Force in the city on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the checkpoints in Sabongari and Fagge Police Stations as well as that of Audu Bako Road returned on Thursday afternoon.
ASP Magaji Majiya, the police spokesman in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the lifting of the ban on checkpoints was the initiative of the Commissioner to relieve residents of the hardship encountered during their daily commuting.
“The Commissioner saw that peace was gradually returning with the inter-agency collaborations and seeing that some of these places are high commercial areas, he decided to ease the difficulties,” Majiya said.
NAN reports that the discovery of assorted arms and ammunitions in a house in Bompai, near the Police Headquarters in Kano, may have led to the rethink on the checkpoints.