Tension arose in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, a few hours after the Plateau State Government relaxed the 48-hour curfew it imposed on Sunday when suspected hoodlums attack left one person dead and many others injured.

It was gathered that a young man walking along the road leading to the University of Jos Permanent Site was hacked to death by hoodlums.

Several motorists around Terminus, Bauchi Road and Gangere areas also had their windscreens smashed.

The most affected areas included the University of Jos axis, Bauchi Road, Farin Gada, Tina Junction and Chobe, among others.

The situation paralysed business activities in the state capital, forcing many banks in the affected areas to shut down operations.

“We are scared to open our shops. We don’t know what might happen,” said Joy Bature, a provision shop owner at Terminus Market.

“The governor has done well by relaxing the curfew in the interest of the people, but it is unfortunate that some people have decided to take the law into their hands.

The curfew followed a fatal attack in the Gari Ya Waye community of Angwan Rukuba on Sunday night, where at least 27 persons were killed.

A resident of Angwan Rukuba junction, who didn’t want to be named, told reporters that one Alkasim Umar was killed and many others were injured in the clash between some Muslim and Christian youths in the area.

He said police and soldiers later arrived at the scene and de-escalated the situation.

“It was at the beginning of the unrest today that the police came. Then later on, soldiers came. They were not deployed at the junction. They came when the unrest was happening,” he said.

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The unrest has forced residents who stepped out to their places of business to return home.

However, police and soldiers have been deployed and have calmed the situation in many areas, they said.

“It was through the intervention of the army that everywhere calmed down—everywhere calmed down after the army came,” a resident of Angwan Rukuba Junction said.

Jos has witnessed an on-and-off unrest for more than a generation now. Since the 2001 Jos crisis, Muslims and Christians have attacked each other in the city, usually sparked by a single incident.