The State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Billiri Local Government Area of the state, with immediate effect from Friday,19th of February 2021.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Secretary to Gombe State Government (SSG), Prof Ibrahim Njodi Abubakar.
According to the statement, the curfew is to stall violence that broke out in the community, linked to the ongoing appointment of a new Monarch – “Mai Tangale” in the state.
The Mai of the kingdom died in January after an undisclosed illness and there have been since allegations from different quarters that the state government want to foist an unpopular candidate as the new monarch.
Alongside the curfew, the state government has also called for the peace.
It further directed security agencies to enforce the strict compliance with the directive.
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