JTF Imposes 24-Hour Curfew On Potiskum

[Shola Sholaz]

The security Joint Task Force ((JTF) in Yobe on Tuesday, imposed a 24-hour curfew on Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre of the state.
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A statement issued by the JTF spokesman, Capt. Lazarus Eli, enjoined Potiskum residents, to cooperate and abide by the curfew order.
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`Residents of Potiskum are enjoined to remain calm and cooperate with security agencies by remaining indoors until the curfew is lifted" the statement advised.
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The JTF, did not state reasons for the curfew.
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On July 6, the Boko Haram sect killed 29 students and an English teacher Mohammed Musa, in a boarding school in Mamudo town,some few kilometers from Potiskum.