Curfew in Nigeria's strife torn town .Officials in Nigeria’s northeast Taraba state onSunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Ibbifollowing reported clashes between Christian andMuslim groups that killed at least one person.A state spokesman said that security forces havebeen instructed to shoot anyone who disregardsthe ban on movements.Religiously divided Taraba is one of severalNigerian states previously hit by sectarianviolence, although Ibbi, where the unrest brokeout Sunday, has historically been peaceful.“The state government has declared a 6:00 pm to6:00 am curfew in Ibbi starting from today,”Information Commissioner Emmanuel Bello said.“Security personnel deployed in the town havebeen directed to shoot anybody that defies thecurfew especially those bent on breaching thepeace. This security measure is necessary in thegovernment’s effort to restore normalcy in thearea,” he added.Police spokesman Amos Olaoye told AFP that oneperson was killed, but residents of different faithsoffered conflicting death tolls which could not beimmediately verified.Resident Baffayo Ahmad said the violence beganafter Christian community members set up abarricade on the road leading into the Muslimneighbourhood of Malam Gambo.According to Ahmad, they rejected requests todismantle the roadblock.“This led to arguments between Muslim residentsand the Christians in the area which degeneratedinto clashes,” Ahmad said.“Many Muslim and Christian homes and shopswere burnt. Three Muslim dead bodies werebrought to the mosque,” Ahmad said.David Shamaki, a Christian resident, said theroadblock was set up following rumours that achurch “was going to be attacked”.He reported 10 people killed in the ensuingunrest, describing all the victims as Christian.Radical Islamist group Boko Haram has repeatedlyattacked churches during Sunday worship as partof an insurgency that has killed hundreds onnorthern and central Nigeria since 2009.Churches have beefed up security as a result.Boko Haram has been blamed for previousviolence in Taraba, but there was no evidencethat the insurgents were involved in the latestunrest.The town of Ibbi lies 200 kilometres (124 miles)from the state capital Jalingo.Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, isroughly split between a mostly Christian southand mainly Muslim north, although several states,including Taraba, have a divided population.