Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Sunday declared a 24-hour curfew on the state with immediate effect.
The governor made the declaration in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou in Yola.
The curfew followed wide-scale looting and attacks on citizens by hoodlums.
According to him, the situation has assumed a dangerous dimension as hoodlums in Yola attack people with machetes and broke into business premises and homes carting away property.
“With the curfew imposed, there will be no movement throughout the state.
“Only those on essential duties with valid identification would be permitted to move around during the period of the curfew,” he added.
Fintiri appealed to law-abiding residents to comply with the directive, warning that anyone caught contravening the order would be arrested and prosecuted.
Hundreds of hoodlums had broken into Federal and State government storage facilities and looted food and non-food items in Yola.
Mr Ladan Ayuba, Head of Operations National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the armed hoodlums looted bags of Rice, Maize, Corn, and Beans, as well as Generators, wrappers, mattresses, and plastic buckets among others from the NEMA facility.
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He said that the hoodlums also vandalized and looted facilities at the NEMA office that was recently reconstructed and furnished.
It was gathered that the hoodlums attempted to break into a silo but were not successful and later moved to attack other government storage facilities.
At least three of the hoodlums were believed to have died while several others were arrested.
SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa confirmed the incident, saying that
Police and other security operatives have been deployed to protect critical assets and infrastructure.
