The Benue state government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas as part of measures to address insecurity in the two council areas.
Deputy Governor of the state Mr. Benson Abounu, announced this at the end of a security council meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi.
“The curfew will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. It is part of our efforts to tackle banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, and general insecurity in the two local government areas,” Abounu said.
He said that the Security Council also resolved to ban the use of motorcycles in the two areas “pending further review of the security situation”.
Abounu, however, stated that the movement of patients and pregnant women for medical attention using motorcycles where there was no vehicular presence would be allowed “after thorough investigation”.
Deputy Governor regretted that motorcycle operators were migrating to rural communities to cause mayhem and urged security agents to intensify surveillance in the hinterland.
He specifically said the ban on the use of motorcycles in Sankera area was necessitated by the persistent attacks on residents of Ukum and Katsina-Ala which led to many deaths.
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