Fulani and Hausa people, who were displaced by the 2011 post-election crisis at Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have agreed to return, but with conditions.
Speaking at a town hall meeting at the Zango-Kataf Council Secretariat, organised by the Interfaith Mediation Centre at the weekend, Sarkin Hausawa, Zonkwa, Alhaji Uba Ado said the government must tighten security and rebuild all houses burnt during the crisis before they return.
He said for peace to reign, the natives of Zango-Kataf and neighbouring areas must accommodate settlers and shun inciting statements.
Ado said: “A situation where the natives openly call us settlers is degrading and unacceptable.”
The paramount Chief of Zango-Kataf, Harrison Bugon, assured the Fulani and Hausa of security.
The Director of Intervention, Interfaith Mediation Centre, Imam Mohammed Sani, urged the natives and non-natives to reach an agreement that would ensure peaceful coexistence.
Expressing joy that the displaced persons agreed to return to Zango-Kataf after two years, Sani said: “This is the essence of the meeting. We are happy that our efforts to ensure relative peace achieved in Southern Kaduna has yielded positive result.”
He urged people of various faiths to respect and tolerate one another.
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I don't think these Zangon Kataf know what they are doing. Begging for killers to return to their community? Can Christians from Zangon Kataf go to Katsina and lay claims to anything? These Zangon Kataf people will learn the lesson Israelites learnt a long time ago - When you wine and dine with those whose religion says "kill the infidels, pursue them..." you toy with your life.
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