Following massive looting of business premises and homes by hoodlums in protest against petrol subsidy removal, Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state with immediate effect.
In a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola, said the curfew became imperative following scale looting and attacks on citizens by hoodlums.
According to him, the situation has assumed a dangerous dimension as hoodlums in Yola attack people with machetes, broke into business premises and homes carting away valuables.
“With the curfew imposed, there will be no movement throughout the state.
“Only those on essential duties with valid identification would be permitted to move around during the period of the curfew,” he said in the statement obtained by Persecondnews on Sunday.
Fintiri, however, appealed to law-abiding citizens to comply with the directive, warning that anyone caught contravening the order would be arrested and prosecuted.
Hundreds of hoodlums had broken into Federal and State government storage facilities and looted food and non-food items in Yola.
Mr Ladan Ayuba, Head of Operations National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the armed hoodlums looted bags of rice, maize, corn and beans, as well as generators, wrappers, mattresses and plastic buckets among others from NEMA facility.
He said that the hoodlums also vandalized and looted facilities at the NEMA office that was recently reconstructed and furnished.
However, attempts to break into a Silo was unsuccessful, the hoodlums later moved to attack other government storage facilities.
At least, three of the hoodlums were believed to have been killed by security agents while several others were arrested.
Commenting on the incident, the State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said other operatives have been deployed to reinforce police presence across major cities to protect critical assets and infrastructure of government and private organizations.
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