Recently, some leaders visited the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The visit was part of the effort to stem violence in a part of the state. I took note that Rev.
Yakubu Pam, head of the Pilgrims Commission, led a group. Pam isn’t from Kaduna State. This is instructive as most leaders from the state who can play sober and elderly role have remained out of sight.
Back in 2002. I was in the office. There was this loud noise from outside, indicating a road accident. I looked out the window. People had gathered. A bus driver hit a motorcyclist. The driver didn’t stop. But the motorcyclist was down on the side of the road. People around him were shouting that he might die. I turned back to my work. Almost ten minutes passed. Noise from outside indicated no action had been taken.
The regular reader of this page knows my view on crises spurred by the farmer-herder situation in parts of the country. I’ve stated that effort to use the criminality of a few to demonize any ethnic group isn’t right. If anyone engages in criminal act, they should be singled out and punished. Now, the matter of herder-kills-farmer has disintegrated into efforts involving jungle justice in this particular part of the country, leading to escalation of the crisis. Some ignore this fact.
I had also stated that the effort to ignore and disdainfully address the state’s Chief Security Officer would not lead anywhere good. Some left the state and went to the Unity Fountain in Abuja the other time, saying they came to complain about killings in their area to lawmakers. I stated then that ignoring their state governor wasn’t a practical approach. If that approach worked, we see the evidence in the recent killings.
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