A 24-hour curfew has been
imposed in Kafanchan, Kaduna State after youths set up road blocks and
burnt vehicles on Kafanchan-Kagoro road.
According to reports, their action was in retaliation of an attack on Saturday in which 20 people died in Godogodo Chiefdom.
Saturday’s
attack was believed to have been carried out by herdsmen who for two
months had engaged the locals in series of attacks and counter attacks.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several people had been
killed during the period and properties worth millions of naira
destroyed on both sides.
Dr Bege Katuka, Interim
Chairman of Jema’a Local Government told NAN in Kafanchan that the
curfew would remain in force until normalcy returns to the area.
Katuka said the measure was to further check breaches of the law by youths who were setting up illegal road blocks.
“We
have received reports that youths had barricaded Kafanchan-Kagoro road
along Garaje area and have burnt cars belonging to innocent persons,’’ he said.
He
said the tension was fuelled by the attack on Saturday at Godogodo when
suspected herdsmen attempted to lay siege on the village.
Katuka
said the gunmen stormed the village and shot at innocent persons, but
were repelled by the Joint Military Task Force deployed to the area..
“What
is most paramount now is the security of lives and property of the
people, the security will not relent in its effort to repel the
attackers,’’ he said.
The council chairman, therefore, urged residents to remain calm and not to take the law into their hands.
He
also advised them to remain in-doors, explaining that the curfew was to
allow the security agents carry out operations to restore peace.
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