Nigerian Governor Declares Curfew

<h4>Nigerian Governor Declares Curfew<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that governor Ahmadu Fintiri has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Adamawa State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is after the vandalisation of the government property by hoodlums who broke into warehouses to cart away COVID-19 palliatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fintiri&comma; in his statewide broadcast&comma; said the government took the action as a precaution&comma; following the activities of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;some misguided elements” who have broken into warehouses looting COVID-19 palliatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier on Sunday&comma; there were reports about the looting of a government-owned warehouse at Kwana-waya by angry residents&comma; who later broke into the Central stores located at Barkin Kogi and looted food items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The governor said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reports of people dying in the stampede have been received and we cannot afford to allow anyone to lose his or her life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We must also avoid a scenario where the security agents will be blamed if any person loses his&sol;her life while being prevented from looting and destroying Government property&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tribuneonlineng&period;com&sol;">Adamawa is one of the states in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria&period; It is bordered by Borno to the northwest&comma; Gombe to the west&comma; and Taraba to the southwest&comma; while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;The State takes its name from the historic emirate of Adamawa&comma; with the emirate&&num;8217&semi;s old capital of Yola&comma; serving as the capital city of Adamawa state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is one of the most heterogeneous in Nigeria&comma; with over 100 indigenous ethnic groups&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The State was formed in 1991&comma; when the former Gongola state was divided into Adamawa and Taraba states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since it was carved out of the old Gongola State in 1991 by the General Ibrahim Badamsi Babangida military regime&comma; Adamawa State has had 10 men&comma; both military and civilian&comma; controlling the levers of power&comma; who played crucial roles in transforming the state into what it is today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of the 36 states in Nigeria&comma; Adamawa state is the eighth largest in area&comma; but the thirteenth least populous with an estimated population of about 4&period;25 million as of 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Geographically&comma; the state is mainly composed of the highlands of mountains &lpar;the Atlantika&comma; Mandara&comma; and the Shebshi ranges&rpar; and the Adamawa Plateau&comma; crossed by valleys and rivers&comma; most notably the Benue and Gongola rivers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;20150" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-20150" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-20150" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;binani-and-fintiri-300x202&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Nigerian Governor Declares Curfew" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"202" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-20150" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Governor Fintiri and his co guber contestant in the March 18 election in Adamawa State<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;