BY AMEH IDUJAGI, JALINGO – Following palpable tension as the backlash of last Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Taraba state, Governor Darius Ishaku on Monday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Jalingo, the state capital.
This was contained in a press statement issued on Monday in which the governor declared that the curfew takes immediate effect.
The statement which was signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, said the imposed dusk to dawn curfew on Jalingo, the state Capital from Monday, March 11, 2019 shall remain enforced until further notice.
Mijinyawa further said; “The Curfew will run from 6pm to 6am daily. However INEC Officials, Key Agents of political parties and observers involved in collation of elections results are exempted.
“Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has enjoined the people of the state to continue to be law abiding as he urges security agencies to ensure strict compliance”.
Our correspondent reports that residents of Jalingo, the state capital, have already embarked on self imposed curfew, with most shops closed and streets deserted following the brewing tension in the town as a fall out of the results of the governorship election which is filtering in.
