24 HOURS CURFEW IN DAMATURU, AS HOUSE SEARCH OF BOKO HARAM MEMBERS BEGINS Combined forces of the Joint Task Force(JTF) and the police have embarked on a house to house search for Boko haram members in Damaturu in the troubled Northeast region of Nigeria. A 24 hours curfew has also been imposed by the military. Yobe state police commissioner Patrick Egbuniwe said the curfew was to enable the force conduct thorough search for the Islamist fundamentalists.