In response to the crises in the two Cross River Local Government Areas, Governor Bassey Otu imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Akpabuyo and Bakassi.
According to a statement by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary to the State Government, the curfew is in place immediately and lasts from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Remember that both LGAs in the state’s Southern Senatorial District have been documenting crises for weeks in which people’s lives and property have been lost.
The governor claims that throughout the hours of the curfew, all vehicular and pedestrian movement has been prohibited.
He claimed that in order to protect people and property and prevent further law and order breakdown, the measure was necessary
“The public is therefore advised in their own interest to adhere strictly to these directives,” he added.
It should be recalled that Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State also imposed a 24-hour curfew in some parts of Karim-Lamido Local Government Council.
The dawn-to-dusk curfew, which was announced on Sunday through his Chief Press Secretary, Yusuf Sanda, came as a result of the renewed violence and unabated killings in the area.
“All ward heads, village heads, traditional rulers, and stakeholders in Karim Lamido LGA are advised to take note of the development,” the statement concluded.
The state has more than 80 distinct ethnic groups. One of the best examples or case studies of interethnic religious conflict is regarded to be the state of Taraba.
This is because, ever since the State was created in 1991 from the defunct Gongola, it has frequently acted as a focal point for one kind of ethno-religious conflict or another.
These were violent attacks that resulted in numerous persons being injured or killed, in addition to the destruction of property worth billions of Naira and the loss of financial assets.
Over the duration of the State’s 23-year existence, numerous violent political and ethnic religious confrontations have been chronicled there. Attempts to reestablish peace have been attempted, but to no avail.