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The Kaduna State Government on Friday imposed a 7pm to 7am curfew on two communities after two youths were killed in a communal clash in Kwaru and Ungwan Yero of Kaduna North Local Government Area.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s senior special assistant on media, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed in a statement that more security agents had been deployed to the area, and appealed to residents to observe the curfew which would be strictly enforced.
The governor visited the families of the two youths and condemned the killings while expressing sympathy to the families.
He assured them that law enforcement agencies had been directed to thoroughly investigate the killings and prosecute those involved.
The governor who was accompanied by his deputy, Barnabas Yusuf Bala and otehr senior government officials, also appealed to residents of the communities to reject division in the name of religion or ethnicity and to uphold harmony in the area.