The state government had imposed the curfew from 3pm on Saturday April 27 to 6am on Sunday April 28, to douse tension after a burial ceremony for eight Boys’ Brigade children killed by an officer of the NSCDC turned violent.In a statement issued by the Acting Secretary of the State Government, Mr James Pisagih, said Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has directed the review of the curfew to 10pm.
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