In a bid to curtail banditry, the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has declared a 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura local government areas.
The declaration followed the reported attack on Southern Kaduna communities by gunmen in which no fewer than 15 persons were said to have been reportedly killed during the attack in Kaura alone.
A source from Kaura reported that the gunmen on Sunday night attacked Agban Kagoro, Kaura local government area of Kaduna state and killed about 15 people.
The source could not however ascertain the number of people injured and houses razed but revealed that there wass the likelihood that some people were killed in their houses while others could have died in the buses as a result of gun wounds they sustained.”
He added that the destruction made was terrifying as the gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias came in their large numbers and were well organized with sophisticated weapons and carried out their acts, destroying both lives, houses and property of the natives.”
El-Rufai, in a statement on Monday through the Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the 24-hour curfew was to enable the security agencies stabilize the situation in the affected communities. According to him, following advice from security agencies, the Kaduna State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura local government areas with immediate effect to restore of law and order.
