The native Berom people and the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen have engaged themselves in in violent clashes in the two areas.
The first curfew was imposed on June 24, barely one month into the life of the present administration.
President of Berom Youths Movement, Mr. Choji Chuwang, told our correspondent on Thursday that Berom had been turned into a killing field by armed herdsmen, who daily waylaid and killed people in their farms and along the road.
He said in all these incidents, there appeared not to have been any proactive measures by security agencies and government officials to curtail the spate of killings.
Chuwang alleged that the attacks were acts of terrorism against the Berom.
He added, “After the state government set up a peace committee that met with both sides and asked us to sheathe our swords, killings have been going on on a daily basis; burial ceremonies are being conducted on a daily basis in Berom land.
“Our people are being waylaid and killed on their way to their farms and along the road and there is silence from everybody. We are being tagged the aggressors, whereas, what is happening is not acts of aggression but terrorism.”
He said on Thursday, four people were killed in Gashish district of Barkin Ladi and more than 15 houses destroyed in Kwi, Riyom in the last two days.
Chuwang alleged that some of security agents were culpable, as they often looked the other way while vulnerable people, especially old men, women and children, were being killed.
He appealed to the authorities to put a stop to the killings and wanton destruction of property and farmlands.
Announcing the curfew, Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Rufus Bature, said the action had become necessary because the attacks had continued unabated.
A statement by Bature, on Thursday, said, “The curfew starts at 6pm and ends at 6am.”
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