The security Joint Task Force ((JTF) in Yobe
on Tuesday, imposed a 24-hour curfew on
Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre of
the state.
A statement issued by the JTF spokesman,
Capt. Lazarus Eli, enjoined Potiskum
residents, to cooperate and abide by the
curfew order.
`Residents of Potiskum are enjoined to
remain calm and cooperate with security
agencies by remaining indoors until the
curfew is lifted" the statement advised.
The JTF, did not state reasons for the
curfew.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls
that 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.
In another development, two days to Sallah
celebration, security operatives have
intensified surveillance, including stop -and
-search operations.
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