Caleb Mutfwang, the Plateau State Governor, has lifted the 24-hour curfew placed on Mangu Local Government Area of the State in response to recent attacks.
Mr Gyang Bere, the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, confirmed this in a statement issued in Jos on Friday.
According to the statement, the curfew will now be enforced between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily until further notice.
The governor stated that the review was owing to an improvement in the area’s security situation, and that strategic contacts with religious and community leaders had taken place in response to the security crisis.
“Following remarkable improvement in the security situation and after due consultation with the State Security Council, the curfew has been relaxed.
“I hereby urge residents of Mangu to strictly observe the curfew and refrain from taking the law into their own hands.
“We encourage the security personnel to enforce the curfew to avoid breakdown of law and order,” Mutfwang said.
The governor, who thanked residents of the locality for their cooperation so far, urged them to collaborate and support the security agencies in their bid toward a peaceful and virile Plateau.