The Kaduna state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in two local councils south of the state, after clashes killed at least 21 people.
Gunmen shot dead at least 14 villagers and destroyed property in an attack on the Kaura village of Takad in southern Kaduna state on Monday, said Enock Andong, a local community leader. There was another attack in Jema’a in which seven persons died.
As a result of violence in Kaura and the Jema’a region, the state government imposed a 24-hour curfew on the two areas, Samuel Aruwan, a spokesman for Governor Nasir El-Rufai said.
Aruwan said a curfew “became necessary to protect life and property and avoid the further breakdown of law and order”.
“Only essential workers and those on humanitarian services are allowed movement after due clearance by security agencies,” he said.
The government said a garrison commander from the Nigerian Army’s First Division had been sent to the troubled areas to coordinate a response to future attacks.
