•Kogi council imposes curfew over killings, others
Two extra Native Councils of Katsina State, particularly, Sabuwa and Dandume, have entered right into a peace cope with bandits as a method of addressing incessant assaults, killings and abductions.
The peace assembly was held on Saturday afternoon at Kabalawa Dungun-Muazu group, a village bordering each council areas, however situated in Sabuwa council.
This brings to 9 councils which have entered into peace offers with bandits, with the remaining councils, together with Batsari, Kankara, Kurfi, Musawa, Danmusa, Jibia and Faskari.
The chief chairmen of Sabuwa, Sagir Tanimi, and his Dandume counterpart, Bashir Gyazama, who had been current through the assembly, had been mentioned to have facilitated the deal.
Throughout the assembly, which lasted a number of hours, it was agreed that there needs to be a ceasefire, with the bandits agreeing to cease attacking or harming the native communities.
Talking, the chairman of the peace deal, Dr. Salisu Ladan, famous that the settlement goals to convey lasting calm between the Hausa and Fulani communities, placing an finish to killings, kidnappings, and different types of violence within the space.
THIS comes as Chairman of Kabba/Bunu native council of Kogi State, Zacchaeus Dare Michael, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew within the space. A press release signed by the chairman and made obtainable to The Guardian in Lokoja yesterday confirmed that the curfew would final from 6pm to 8am day by day till additional discover.
Dare mentioned the motion of individuals and autos can be restricted through the interval. The assertion mentioned: “Because the mud raised by the persevering with killings in Yagba West LGA and Yagba East LGA is but to settle, the Kabba/Bunu LGA authority, immediately, declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew within the native authorities space, following incessant killings within the locality.
“The curfew takes impact from tomorrow, Monday, 22 September 2025.”
