The Senator representing Kaduna
Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has
blamed northern political leaders for the worsening situation and calamity
befalling the region.
He lamented that as a result of
their lukewarm attitude towards addressing the issues bedevilled the area,
social vices have become the order of day.
Speaking when delegations from
Brinin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas in Kaduna State as well as
delegation of Zamfara State citizens resident in Kaduna paid him a courtesy
visit in his residence in Kaduna on Tuesday, Senator Shehu Sani said, “Today,
the entire northern Nigeria is under siege. In the northwest, it is the armed
bandits, in the north central, it is experiencing guardsmen attacks and the
northeast is ravaged by insurgents.
“In Kajuru, it is religious,
while in Brinin Gwari, it is bandits and kidnapping, and along Kaduna-Abuja
Highway, it is kidnapping and rapping.
“I have been visiting you
regularly and this time, you are in my residence. I have listened to your
lamentations, l have seen your tears, cries and appeals. I believe any
conscious Nigerian is aware of what you are facing in your areas.”
He said one of the problems the
northern Nigeria was facing is sycophancy, which is now making the area
bleeding in insecurity.
“We have no Jonathan or Obasanjo
to blame for the insecurity in the north,” he said.
Sani, who frowned at the level of
insecurity in the region, said the residents must rise to question and
challenge those in the position of authority to do what is right.
“Kidnapping is what we used to
hear from far distance in the Niger Delta and South Eastern part of the country
in the last fifteen to twenty years.
“When people are facing this kind
of danger and tragedy, they must deal with it squarely to be able to face the
situation and question those that we have elected into position of authority.
“The situation in Birnin Gwari is
one that reflects the tragedy and danger that we are facing in the northern
part of the country today. Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Kajuru, Southern Kaduna,
Zamfara, Katsina, Niger and some parts of Sokoto State are under siege.”
While speaking in empathy,
Senator Sani said the situation in the north has forced many people to
resorting into buying of anti-bullet charms for protection.
He said the insecurity in Kaduna
is as a result of the governor and government not admitting the real security
challenges the state is facing.
Earlier, the leader of Coalition
of Birnin Gwari Associations, Nasir Khalid in a letter presented to the senator,
said the several communities are under attack of armed bandits from the eve of
the general elections to date.
He said forty drivers were killed
in the last three months and several communities ransacked.
He noted that the federal and
state governments have to urgently do something to be able to address the
situation.
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