Nigeria: Curfew Imposed On Potiskum As Death Toll Rises

23 October 2012

Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, Monday imposed a curfew on Potiskum, following series of bombings and shootings carried out by the Boko Haram sect.

He said movement would be restricted from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the commercial city where attacks have been going on since Thursday last week. Hospital records showed that over 30 people had been killed as of Monday.

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