A group, Voice of Northern
Christian Movement in Nigeria, VNCMN, has alleged that since the emergence of
Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai as governor of Kaduna state, peace has evaded the
erstwhile peaceful Kajuru chiefdom.
VNCMN Executive Director, Rev.
Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, stated this in a strongly-worded letter to the United
States President, Donald Trump titled: “Ethno-religious Clean-up of Southern
Kaduna by Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai”.
The statement made available to
newsmen, reads, “lt is very important to state that the Adara Chiefdom in
Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state has had a good, cordial and
peaceful working relationship with the successive administrations of former
governor’s Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Namadi Sambo, Patrick Yakowa and Labaran
Yero respectively.
“However, since the emergence of
Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai, peace has evaded the erstwhile peaceful chiefdom. By
virtue of his divisive poisonous utterances and policies, the people in Adara
chiefdom have never been more divided along religious lines.
“He unilaterally proposed to
create a purely Islamic Emirate for the handful of Muslims in Kajuru town over
large swaths of ancestral Adara land. This coupled with vindictive arrests and
detention of any outspoken Adara citizen has shattered any existing cordial
relationship in the area.
“In the light of the foregoing,
the Chief of Adara, Chief Dr. Maiwada Raphael Galadima was invited for a
meeting with governor El-Rufai and while on his way returning from the meeting
with the Governor, he was ambushed and abducted together with his police guard,
wife and daughter. The wife and daughter were eventually released but the
police guard and the Chief were murdered. Since then, the Adara chiefdom and
the entire Kajuru local government area are faced with constant threats,
attacks, killings and mayhem.
“This same governor Nasiru Ahmed
El-Rufai in public told the entire world that he has given millions of naria to
the Fulani terrorists to stop attacking people of Southern Kaduna.
“He (Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai) saw that
the Fulani terrorists cannot complete the work of cleansing the ethno-religious
Southern Kaduna, governor Ahmed El-Rufai took over from the Fulani using the
power of government on Southern Kaduna people to take over Southern Kaduna
communities for Islam and Fulani ethnic groups abusing the power of government.
“This scenario raises the
question why this unpleasant situation is only focused on Southern Kaduna which
is predominately inhabited by Christians. Why is it that there is no government
Gazette on district and villages restructuring (Amendment) order 2018 in
respect of Northern part of Kaduna but only Southern Kaduna? Gazette are
supposed to be made in respect of Emirates and Chiefdoms at the same time as
published by the Kaduna state government of Nigeria No. 21 vol. 52 under the
Kaduna state legal notice No. 1 on the 16th August, 2018 which enacted without
due process.
“In line with the policy thrust
of the present administration to reduce the cost of government, the state
Executive Council resolved to restructure the said districts and villages which
restructuring was effected with the making of districts and villages
(Restructuring) Order 2017 herein after referred to as the principal order. One
now wonders why this restructuring was targeted to only Southern Kaduna who
have hitherto lived in peace.
“From the foregoing, it is clear
that the focus of governor El-Rufai and the federal government are pointing to
the Islamic agenda with a view to taking over all Christian settlements,
villages, towns, districts, local governments and the entire state to the
detriment of the Christians.”
VNCMN then demanded the
intervention of President Donald Trump and the international community for a
lasting solution to acts of lawlessness and intimidation of the Christian
community in Nigeria.
The statement added, “The
government has taken the Christian tolerance and kindness for granted thus the
incessant hostility and ceaseless threats, attacks, kidnappings and mayhem
leading to destruction of lives and properties.
“The government has backed the
Fulani herdsmen’s perpetuation of evil under the guise of cattle rearing as a
profession by enacting government policies such as cattle ranch business and
grazing reserves to the detriment of the Christian communities.
“No wonder that the news going
round is that they are to disburse over 100 billion Naira to Boko Haram and
Fulami herdsmen ethnic militia as part of amnesty programme. All these are
smokescreen policies to equip them with lethal weapons to harm the Christians.”
The Voice of Northern Christian
Movement in Nigeria maintained that all security organizations in the country
have failed to bring the menace to an end, noting that no single terrorist
organization can be more powerful or stronger than the whole armory of a
nation.
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