Kaduna imposes 24-hour curfew in two chiefdoms

AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna

Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government and Chawai Chiefdom in Kauru local government with immediate effect.

In a statement issued by Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Thursday afternoon, said that, ‘’security agencies are containing the tensions arising from a clash last week over a farmland in Zangon-Kataf.

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According to the Commissioner, community leaders had tried to ease the tension which seems to have escalated.