Zubairu Gwari, emir of Birnin
Gwari in Kaduna state, has asked his subjects to defend themselves against
suspected bandits invading their communities.
One of the 23 local government
areas in Kaduna, Birinin Gwari has recorded a high level of insecurity in
recent times.
It was in the area that 11
soldiers were killed earlier in the month.
In an interview with Daily Trust,
the first class traditional ruler said he asked his subjects not to “behave
like fools” and get killed.
“A month ago, in one area called
Anguwan Gajere, the bandits attacked a village, and the villagers fought back,
in the process they killed more bandits than the people of the town,” he said.
“All of a sudden, we were told
that the people who came were Fulani men, and Miyetti Allah was in the vanguard
of protecting them. What we have been preaching to our people is that they
should not sit down like fools and watch themselves and their families get
killed. If you can do anything to protect yourselves, protect yourself. I will
repeat it in front of anybody.
“We can’t be fools to wait for
somebody that will not come. Nobody can stop me from telling my people to
protect themselves. And that is what we are doing now because the policemen
that are in Birnin Gwari cannot protect. The soldiers that are being brought
come and sometimes make matters worse. I am also appealing to the president to
come and see things for himself, because we are also Nigerians.”
The emir said his people are
living in hell adding that the activities of the suspects have stunted all
development activities in the area.
“We have been standing up against
these people, fighting them in the hope that it would end, all to no avail,” he
said.
” I must say that the Kaduna
state government, particularly this present governor, has done his best, and I
believe he is still doing so, but I think when you say somebody is doing his
best, maybe their best is not enough. That is why, when they do something, it
would look like they are succeeding, but then, eventually, the bandits find a
way to unleash terror on us.”
Gwari’s call comes a week after
Theophilus Danjuma, a retired army general, called on Nigerians to defend
themselves against killers.
The statement of the elder
statesman sparked a wave of criticism.
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