Gunmen attack: Plateau govt imposes 48-hour curfew on Jos North as tension rises

By Patience Aliyu

The Plateau State Government has imposed a 48-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) following a Sunday night attack by gunmen on Angwan Rukuba community of the area.

Mrs Joyce Ramnap, the Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos.

Ramnap also confirmed that the attack claimed some lives and left others injured.

‎”The Plateau Government in conjunction with the security agencies have imposed a 48-hour curfew within Jos-North LGA.

”The curfew will run from midnight of Sunday, March 29 to Wednesday, April 1,” she said.

The commissioner, who condemned the unprovoked attack on innocent citizens, called on residents of the area to be calm and law abiding.

She assured the people that the government and security agencies have adopted measures to forestall future occurrence and arrest perpetrators.

Reports had indicated that some yet to be identified gunmen riding on a motorcycle, shot and killed an unspecified number of youths in the area in Anguwan Rukuba on Sunday.

According to a resident, the attack occurred around the Anguwan Rukuba junction in the evening.

“The attackers just rode past and started shooting sporadically. People were running in different directions,” Channels Television quoted the resident as saying.

The incident led to tension in the area as some some angry youths reportedly blocked major roads within the community

This raised fears of escalation of the conflict, thus leading to the declaration of the curfew by the state government.

However, the Plateau State Police Command has not spoken on the incident as at the time of writing this report.

(NAN)