Kaduna Crisis: Govt announces new 24-hr curfew after death of monarch
The commencement of another 24-hour curfew has been announced in Kaduna State, following the killing of a monarch.
The state government said Friday that the body of the monarch, Maiwada Galadima, was found close to a bush along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway in Kateri.
Galadima, a Chief of Adara Chiefdom in Kachia LGA, and his wife had been kidnapped on October 19.
Communal crisis in the state has reached fevered pitch since a week ago, leading to the deaths of about 100 persons.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement that perpetrators of the crime would be brought to book.
Aruwan said the curfew on Kaduna metropolis takes effect 11 am today.
“The Kaduna State Government has reinstated a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna metropolis and environs, Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru, Kateri and Kachia. The curfew is effective from 11am today, Friday, 26th October 2018 and will remain in force until further notice,” the statement read.
“This is a necessary step to help maintain peace as we mourn the death of HRH Agom Adara, who we lost in the early hours of today to the criminals who abducted him last week.”
The government further called for calm among residents, while pledging to ensure there is an end to the crisis.
“This is a struggle between good, decent, law-abiding people trying to uphold the peace and criminals who want to divide and destroy. It is not a struggle between religious or ethnic groups. Let no criminal find succour in faith or tribe,” it said.
