Uneasy cam is returning to jos after a three day violent ethnic conflict which began on sunday. The immediate cause of the conflict are yet to be ascertained even though tension and suspicion between the the various communities had remained.

The federal and State governments have been at each others throat, with Christians accussing the federal Government of siding the Muslims and Muslims accusing the State Government of siding Muslims.

Last  year some persons beaaring arms and wearing army uniforms were apprehendd by the Police. The whereabouts of the persons are not known.
The State government accused the federal government of shielding the perpatrators of the riots

The Police Commissioner in Plateau State announced on Monday that five persons wearing army uniform were among the over 100 persond apprehended over the crisis.
The state governor has imposed a 24 hour curfew  to contain the rioting which has spread to several other parts of the metropolis.
At the Plateau State Specialist Hospital, before the curfew was declared, hospital officials told The Guardian Newspaper that 20 bodies had been brought to the facility.

At the Jos University Teaching Hospital, it was learnt that 80 bodies were in the morgue while several people were receiving treatment from matchet and cutlass wounds.

In a broadcast yesterday, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Gregory Yenlong, said that a 24-hour curfew had been imposed on Jos/Bukuru metropolis.

He said: "The state government, in consultation with the state security council after reviewing the prevailing situation in Jos metropolis has directed the immediate imposition of a 24-hour curfew in Jos and Bukuru.

Meanwhile, the police have arrested 100 miscreants in connection with the crisis.

Those arrested are from Dutse Uku, Congo Russia and Angwam Nshanu. They were found with dangerous weapons including Ak-47, locally made pistols, daggers, axes, cutlasses, among others.