Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has imposed a curfew on two chiefdoms in Kaduna State.
The chiefdoms are Atyap of Zangon Kataf Local Government and Chawai in Kauru local government.
The two communities had resulted to violence over farmlands disputes.
According to a statement issued by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan on Thursday afternoon, he said that ‘security agencies are containing the tensions arising from a clash last week over farmland in Zangon-Kataf.’
He said,
“The Kaduna State Government has announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Atyap Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area and Chawai Chiefdom in Kauru LGA.
“This 24-hour curfew takes effect immediately.
“Security agencies are containing the tension arising from a clash last week over a farmland in Zangon-Kataf that community leaders tried to resolve but which seems to have escalated.”
