24 hour curfew imposed on Kaduna community

The Kaduna state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru local government area of the state.

This followed a fresh crisis in the community. Two residents of Kasuwan Magani were reportedly attacked on Thursday evening.

One of them later died at the hospital, leading to tension in the area.

According to sources in the area, “the two our boys were coming from a local market in the evening on Thursday and decided to follow the bypass.

“They were attacked and thoroughly beaten by some Hausa boys. One of them was taken to St. Gerald Hospital where he later died as a result of the beating”.

The incident was said to have sparked up tension, prompting the deployment of more security personnel to the community to avert outbreak of violence.

However, it was learnt that there was serious hostility between the two groups on Friday morning.

Commenting on Friday’s disturbance, Cafra Caino, chairman of Kajuru local government, said the situation had been brought under control.

He said the state government imposed the curfew on the community to avert violence.

“Yesterday there was tension and security personnel were deployed and the whole area was condoned,” he said.

“But this morning, there was another growing tension, but the situation has been brought under control.

”The state government has imposed a 24 hour curfew to avert violence.”