THE State government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in four communities in the Zango-Kataf Local Government Area following an attack that killed ten persons and a police officer.
According to Yabo Chris Ephraim, Special Assistant (Media) to the Executive Chairman of the Zangon Kataf Local Government Council, the curfew was imposed to allow the military to restore order in the area.
A police officer and 10 persons were reportedly killed yesterday night in the LGA by terrorists presumed to be herdsmen.
This comes just 72 hours after a pastor’s son was shot dead and four others were kidnapped in the Karimbu-Kahugu community of the state’s Lere LGA.
An anonymous source reported the tragic incident to The PUNCH. According to the source, the issue began earlier on Saturday afternoon when a misunderstanding erupted between security agents and a Fulani man at a checkpoint in Ungwan Wakili, which led to the shooting of a Fulani man and a police officer at the checkpoint.
Later that evening, a group of young people out fishing were ambushed and one of them was macheted to death by retaliating Fulani terrorists.
The curfew affects the communities of Ungwan Juju, Mabuhu, Ungwan Wakili, and Zango Urban.
Another source, a resident who did not want his name mentioned, told newsmen that Angwan Wakili, Angwan Juju, and Mabuhu communities in Atyap chiefdom were under possible attack from the suspected Fulani militia.
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