A twenty-four-hour curfew has been imposed in Kafanchan, Kaduna State after youths set up road blocks and burnt vehicles on Kafanchan-Kagoro road, in retaliation of an attack in which twenty people died in Godogodo Chiefdom.

The attack was believed to have been carried out by herdsmen who for two months had engaged the locals in series of attacks and counter attacks.

Several people had been killed during the period and properties worth millions of naira destroyed on both sides.

Interim Chairman of Jema’a Local Government, Bege Katuka, said in Kafanchan that the curfew would remain in force until nomalcy return to the area, saying the measure was to further check breaches of the law by youths who were setting up illegal road blocks.

Katuka said they had received reports that youths had barricaded Kafanchan-Kagoro road along Garaje area and have burnt cars belonging to innocent persons.

He said the tension was fuelled by the attack at Godogodo when suspected herdsmen attempted to lay siege on the village, saying the gunmen stormed the village and shot at innocent persons, but were repelled by the Joint Military Task Force deployed to the area..

Katuka said what was most paramount now was the security of lives and property of the people, the security would not relent in its effort to repel the attackers, urging residents to remain calm and not to take the law into their hands.

He also advised them to remain in-doors, explaining that the curfew was to allow the security agents carry out operations to restore peace.