Niger Gov Bago Orders Arrest Of People With Dreadlocks

WEDNESDAY April 23, 2025 |
By thenewsdesk.ng

Niger State Governor Umar Bago has ordered the arrest of individuals sporting dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital, Vanguard reports.

The directive was issued during Tuesday’s high-level stakeholders’ security meeting at the Government House.

Governor Bago instructed security agencies to not only arrest those with dreadlocks but also forcibly shave their hair and impose fines on them.

“We will have zero tolerance for rascality. Anybody that you find with dreadlocks, arrest, barb the hair, and fine him,” Bago declared.

“Nobody should carry any kind of haircut inside Minna. I have given marching orders to security agencies.”

The meeting, attended by security operatives and traditional rulers, focused on clamping down on what the governor described as rising criminality and disorder in the state.

Bago also issued a stern warning to parents, urging them to caution their children as his administration would begin implementing stricter security policies.