The Kaduna State Government has extended to Jema’a and Kaura local government areas, the 24-hour curfew in force in Kauru and Zangon Kataf to help contain violence, enforce order and protect lives, the government said on Saturday.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai tweeted this Friday night after gunmen attacked Zikpak, Ungwan Masara, in Fantsuam Chiefdom of Jema’a Local Government and Maraban Kagoro, in Kaura Local Government Areas.
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Daily Trust gathered that 30 attackers stormed Zikpak and started shooting sporadically before proceeding to Ungwan Masara and Maraban Kagoro.
A resident told Daily Trust that the attackers stormed Zikpak around 7:00pm.
In a reprisal, the people of Garaje in Kaura stormed Kafanchan-Kagoro road and started attacking vehicles before security men dispersed them. A driver who escaped with his damaged car told Daily Trust in Kafanchan that the youth in Garaje tried to stop him but he refused.
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