Kaduna state government has banned all forms of protests related to religious activities in the state.

The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said the ban decision was done in consultation with the State Security Council and also effective immediately.

Aruwan said the prohibition of all forms of religious protests became imperative in view of moves by some unpatriotic elements to organize a series of for-and-against protests related to a recent security development in another northern state.

Recall protests rocked Sokoto city on Saturday, May 14, over the detention of two persons linked to the gruesome killing of a Christian student, Deborah Samuel.