Taraba LG Boss Imposes 24-hour Curfew Over Religious Crisis

The caretaker chairman of Takum local government area, Honorable Boyi Manja, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the local government area of Taraba State over religious killings.

A religious crisis erupted in Takum LGA on Sunday between Muslims and Christians when two persons were killed at Rafa Kasuwan Shanu along Wukari Road in Takum by gunmen dressed in vigilante uniforms.

Manja while speaking to newsmen confirmed that he had imposed a 24-hour curfew to avert further killings and destruction of properties within the area.

“I imposed the curfew to stop killings and destruction of properties, this morning. They went to one area with guns, fortunately, security men went and cleared them,” he stated.

A resident of Takum, Chinyang Danladi, who spoke to our correspondent on phone, said people were in their houses and cannot go out to look for their daily means of livelihood.

“We are all indoors, we never planned for this and it’s not been easy since yesterday, despite the curfew, we are hearing an exchange of gunshots inside Takum, some of our people have run to take refuge at Ada Barracks, and others are hiding at Mammy Market,” he added.

It was gathered that not fewer than six persons have been killed in the crisis while properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed.