By Wilson Adekumola
The Interim Management Committee Chairman of the Mangu Local Government Area, of Plateau State, Mr. Markus Artu, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the Counci following tension about possible violence in the area.
The local government has been under serious attacks in the last month. Over 100 people have lost their lives, over 10,000 displaced and property worth millions of Naira destroyed.
Declaring the curfew, Artu, said, “there will be no vehicular movement of any sort. Only Security personnel and workers on essential duty will be allowed to move.”
He stated further that, “There is a situation in Mangu, my attention was called to a situation in Mangu, there is tension in Mangu and the environs. There is a need to forestall any ugly development so the curfew is just an interim step, once I get the full details, I will let you know.”
