Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Imposes Curfew On Jema'a LGA

   

                 

Nigerian army

Kaduna State government yesterday imposed a 24 hour-curfew on Jema'a Local Government Area of the state, following the alleged killing of two protesting youths and interception of a lorry load of ammunition belonging to some Fulani herdsmen by security agents.
The deceased persons were said to be among others who had insisted on meting out jungle justice against the 32 Fulani owners of the weapons in Kafanchan.
This is coming at a time when the state governor, Alhaji Ramalan Yero has appealed to the residents of Kafanchan and its environs to be calm and law-abiding, saying that government was doing all in its powers to ensure that peace returned.
The tension in the area coincided with the visit of the former presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP, in the 2011 election and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, rtd.
He came to commiserate with the Chief of Marwa, Malam Tagwai Sambo in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State over the March 14 attacks on three villages.
Buhari, who was accompanied by some APC chieftains, said that it was only when the perpetrators of the violence were arrested and punished accordingly that others would be deterred from such action.
His words: "If Nigerians gave their mandate to APC come 2015 general elections, it will address the prolonged insecurity that has been bedeviling the country which the government of President Good luck Jonathan has woefully failed to address. For me, I am not a stranger in Kaura because my elder brother is a close friend of the Chief of Marwa, so I feel like I am at home here."
During the visit, the delegation also donated the sum of N2 million to the victims.
In his response, Sambo thanked them for the visit and described the incidence as an act of God, adding that such would not happen again.
Meanwhile, Yero, who spoke through his Director General, Media and Publicity, Mr. Ahmed Maiyaki, said, "Government is doing all within its powers to sustain peace in the entire state.
"People should remain calm and desist from taking the laws into their hands to avoid throwing the state into confusion and anarchy.
"Security operatives have intensified surveillance across the state aimed at foiling any attempt by miscreants and criminals to attack innocent citizens in the area. It is not the time for people to obstruct the course of justice by attempting to perpetrate barbaric acts of jungle justice. Government and indeed security forces will never fold their arms and allow people take laws into their own hands.