Nigeria Imposes Partial Curfew After Deadly Attack

Nigeria Imposes Partial Curfew After Deadly Attack Nigerian authorities on Sunday imposed a curfew in parts of central Plateau state, a day after a suspected militia attack on a convoy of 90, killed 23. Confirming the incident, police spokesman Ubah Ogaba said that on Saturday, “a group of attackers suspected to be Irigwe youths attacked a convoy of five.

Police had initially said 22 of the 90 travellers were killed, but the death toll was revised upwards on Sunday.

Also, Plateau state governor Simon Lalong said in a statement that Twenty-three of those attacked lost their lives and 23 persons sustained injuries.

Condemning the attack, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement that this was “not an agriculturalist-on-pastoralist confrontation, but rather a direct, brazen and wickedly motivated attack.”

Concerned about “persisting tensions and reported attempts by some persons to take the laws into their hands,” the governor “directed the imposition of a curfew on Jos North, Bassa and Jos South,” between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am.

In the meantime, Police said 20 suspects have been arrested while 33 victims have been rescued.

One of the members of the convoy who escaped, Muhammad Ibrahim, said the assault happened along Rukuba road, on the outskirts of Jos, the capital of Plateau state.

The travelers were returning from Bauchi State, he said, after attending an event to celebrate the Islamic New Year.