The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the
current crisis in Southern Kaduna, is “the tragic aftermath of events of June
5, when youths from two communities clashed over farmlands in Zangon-Kataf and
the upsurge of violence in the same area that started on June 11.”
However, according to him, “like an unwanted virus, the
violence has spread to and has necessitated extraordinary measures in four
local government areas in southern Kaduna.”
El-Rufai stated this during an address at a security meeting
held at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.
He insisted his administration had done everything within
its constitutional powers to bring peace to Southern Kaduna and all parts of
the state.
“We answered the decade old demand for a permanent military
base by working with the Federal Government to deploy a forward operating base
of the Nigerian Army in Kafanchan.
“Our government
purchased an estate to provide accommodation for a permanent mobile police
squadron in the area. Also deployed in the area are troops from Operation Safe
Haven and Nigerian Army Special Forces, complemented by two mobile police
squadrons,” El-Rufai said.
El Rufai also warned that “no one should be allowed to get
away with crime just because they can hide it under an ethno-religious veneer.”
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