The Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA) has ordered its marshals to stop mounting roadblocks across the state.
The marshals have also been barred from holding sticks of any kind during enforcement operations.
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The decision was announced in a leaked memo directed to all the zonal commanders of KASTLEA and signed by the Head of Operations, Aliyu Manga.
The February 7, memo came three days after Daily Trust reported that an assistant driver died during an altercation with the marshals.
Witnesses said the driver was beaten with a stick during the argument and later died in the hospital.
Meanwhile, the police spokesman in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mudasiru Abdullahi, had ordered the arrest of the marshals on during the altercation.
