The protest staged by Christian youths on Saturday in Jimeta, Adamawa State protesting the killing of Christians and the attacks on churches was partly responsible for the government’s declaration of a 24 hour curfew as a means of avoiding total breakdown of law and order.
The protest staged by Christian youths on Saturday in Jimeta, Adamawa State protesting the killing of Christians and the attacks on churches was partly responsible for the government’s declaration of a 24 hour curfew as a means of avoiding total breakdown of law and order.
Soldiers in the state shot two youths, one in the stomach and the other in the leg, and they were rushed to a hospital for urgent medical attention. The shootings compounded the situation in the state.
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The youths were said to have been protesting the killing of 20 Igbo in Mubi and as well yesterday’s killing of about 14 persons in a CAC Church in Jimeta. Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for that attack.
One of those killed was said to be the son of one Pastor Gabriel, who had earlier been killed in one of the outbreaks of violence in Jos, Plateau State.
Security agencies under the directive of Adamawa State government stopped all attempts to get photographs of the corpses, fearing that if any pictures got out, it would aggravate tension in the state.
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The Deputy Governor, Barr. Bala James Nggilari, visited the mortuary along with the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev.Moses Tafarki, who played a prominent role in dousing tension by pleading with the irate youths.
In the events in Adamawa , there were attacks in Mubi, Jimeta and Yola, the state capital.
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