A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in a northwestern Nigerian town and its market shut after violence marred the reunion of nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls with their parents, local residents said Thursday.

The girls were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen known locally as bandits but were released early Tuesday after the latest mass kidnapping to target a school in Nigeria.

Violence erupted on Wednesday when the girls from Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state were to be returned to their parents at a ceremony in the school’s hall.

They had been in the government’s custody in Gusau, the state capital, receiving medical care.

“After the unrest yesterday a dust-to-dawn curfew was imposed and everybody was ordered to stay indoors,” said Abubakar Zaki, a resident and father of two of the kidnapped girls.

“But this morning after people had come out the DPO (Divisional Police Officer) went round, informing people the curfew has been extended to round-the-clock and asked everyone to return home,” he told AFP.

Abubakar said the police also ordered the closure of the local market and all shops in the village to prevent fresh violence.

“We are all inside our homes,” he added.

Muhammad Mustapha, another resident, confirmed the curfew.

“There is a 24-hour curfew in Jangebe as a result of the violence by mobs yesterday,” he said.

“The market and shops are closed and everyone is indoors,” he said.

Mustapha said the situation was now calm.

The girls were brought back to their school on Wednesday to be reunited with their parents before violence broke out.

Angered by officials’ insistence on a formal handover before parents could leave with their children, mobs began throwing stones at officials outside the school.

One person was shot in the stomach when security personnel opened fire and was carried away by others in the crowd, an AFP reporter at the scene said.

Heavily-armed criminal gangs in the northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping for ransom, raping and pillaging.

https://m.guardian.ng/News/24-hour-curfew-after-violence-mars-kidnapped-schoolgirls-reunion-with-parents

nigeria my country which way

Northern wahala.... Nothern headache

But why

God oh.... small small this country esp the northern part go turn to Somalia and south sudan put together...

Nigeria is 5th world country... this north is the major problem of Nigeria... they keep dragging everyone back to medieval and archaic age

God punish buhari

Prophet GaGa

am still wondering how they managed to sew same hijab for these girls in the kidnappers camp ?

The North has lost it... The dragon they nursed have turned to hunt them

God will deliver us in this country

The Monsters They Created Is hunting them seriously bad and it will surely catch up with them

Nawao0....them don sell this country politicians jux dey buy time dey cash out steadily


Autopilot thing men

Why is our government fast in imposing curfew even when they goofed?

can someone please explain the above topic

No collective security awareness.

What is wrong in securing every school perimeter.


Every car or bike or leg around any school should be searched from a distance, and also have their data recorded or checked. Including the security people. If someone is around the school, from a distance, have them pat themselves down then you go pat them down, and take their data like fingerprint, and picture for facial recognicition.


Send notices, every parents, staffs, and neighbors of the schools. There will be personal checks if you are around schools and other trouble spots. Curfew around school premises from 6pm to 7am.

Many other strategies that can be employed, I no wan begin write encyclopedia.

Mmm

God will deliver us in this country

Please where is buhari?

,a

Wastage lifestyle.Parents said release their daughters,you said there must be a formal handover.

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I give it to our government very quick in handling matters of the civilians but takes forever to handle crime

Everything under this Buharis administration is evil�

Violence erupted on Wednesday when the girls from Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state were to be returned to their parents at a ceremony in the school’s hall.

Does it explain the cause of the violence??

Shit hole media station imagine them saying a group of gun men locally known bandits. The fear of Buhari cohorts is the beginning of wisdom.

This kind of madness is needed against those heartless terrotists called bandits.

Brother, it's school uniform. Just like you have it in the south.

Akfrenzy:
am still wondering how they managed to sew same hijab for these girls in the kidnappers camp ?

Do Bandits Know What’s Curfew?

Does it mean that the girls were not released to their parents?

Fg

I stopped reading when I saw ‘dust-to-dawn’ curfew was imposed.
Guardian, you are falling my hand!

Stupid and clueless government here and there...