Nasir
el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has apologised to residents of the villages
attacked in Igabi and Giwa local government areas of the state over the attacks
that reportedly led to the deaths of more than 50 persons.
A local
guard had told VOA Hausa that suspected bandits raided different villages on
Sunday, killing the residents and setting their corpses on fire.
Accompanied
by Ali Janga, the state commissioner of police, el-Rufai said his
administration would never negotiate with bandits.
“If not
for the security agencies prompt intervention they would have wiped out the
entire villages,” NAN quoted el-Rufai as saying.
“I also
came to apologise for failure to protect you fully, we are doing our best to
minimise such incidents, you should continue to forgive us.
“But we
are doing the best we can and we are hoping that this banditry issue will be
addressed because security personnel are on ground to manage the situation.
“In
Kaduna, we have vast land, if the security close one area they attack another
area.”
The
governor said it is the duty of his administration to “wipe out” the attackers.
“It is
our duty to wipe them out, and until we send them to their maker, the security
agencies are taking the war to the forest and we are eliminating them, ” he
said.
“The
security agencies are doing the best they can, but they find it difficult to
get to remote areas in good time due to poor access roads while the natives
also find it difficult to get to security personnel due to poor GSM network.
“But I
am grateful to the air force, army, police and the DSS for being always prompt
otherwise it would have been worse.”
El-Rufai
urged the people to continue to be patient and vigilant and support the
government and security agencies to win the war against the bandits.
On his
part, Ibrahim Damu, district head of Karewa, appealed to the state government
to intensify efforts in tackling security challenges in the area.
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