The Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, Monday debunked rumours going the round that the state government has imposed dusk to dusk curfew on the areas attacked by armed bandits on Sunday.
Ishaku, in a press statement signed by his senior special adviser on media and publicity, Mr Bala Dan Abu and a copy made available to Blueprint in Jalingo said the state government only strengthened security presence in communities around Jalingo where herdsmen militia unleashed terror on innocent people on Sunday.
The statement said the deployment of security men has greatly helped in normalising the security situation in the affected areas within a short time.
“Government, therefore, wishes to assure the people to remain calm because the situation is under control.
The government also wishes to advise the people to continue to cooperate with security agencies to ensure stability of peace now prevailing in those areas.” the statement said.
He said no formal curfew has been imposed on the affected areas as being speculated, adding that the security situation no longer makes it necessary to do so.
“But government wishes to advise the people not stay out late in the night during which period there will be heavy security surveillance and patrol in the affected areas” the statement said.
The statement added that government also wishes to thank the security agencies deployed to the areas for doing a good job of containing the attacks and urged them to remain vigilant to prevent further attacks.
Blueprint reported that score were feared dead on Sunday in Jauro-Sabai, a suburb of Jalingo as armed bandits invaded the village shooting sporadically.
