ADELANI ADEPEGBA, FRIDAY OLOKOR, JESUSEGUN ALAGBE, OLALEYE ALUKO, TUNDE AJAJA, TOBI AWORINDE, ALEXANDER OKEREMany Nigerians on Saturday expressed outrage as gunmen suspected to be Fulani militiamen la
unched fresh attacks on Southern Kaduna communities despite a 24-hour curfew imposed by the Kaduna State government.
The three communities attacked were Zikpak and Ungwan Masara , both in Jema’a Local Government Area as well as Maraban Kagoro, in Kaura Local Government Area. When contacted, the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, said he had yet to learn of the attacks but would find out.
The attacks were fifth in the series of recent attacks ascribed to suspected Fulani militia on Southern Kaduna communities. However, expressing outrage over the latest attacks, SOKAPU said they reinforced the agitation for regional security outfits like the Amotekun security agency in the South-West. He said, “The killings will not end. Did you see the statement by the Presidency issued by Garba Shehu? That statement only shows the conspiracy against our people at the highest level because what Garba Shehu said is a reflection of the thinking of Kaduna State government.
“We are not meeting any governor. We don’t have a governor in Kaduna State but we have a hater; we have somebody who hates the people of Southern Kaduna for nothing. So meeting him will not change anything,” he said.The President, Southern Kaduna Students Union, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Sanke Athanasius, in an interview withAthanasius said, “If a governor cannot react to the killings and he is saying they are carrying out reprisals, then we don’t know what we did to them.
Meanwhile, SOKAPU said 63 Southern Kaduna people had been killed within the past one week following attacks by suspected Fulani militiamen. Another Twitter user, @JFromnl, who also tagged el-Rufai in his post, asked the governor a series of questions. “These killings literally happen every day, it’s that bad. A few weeks ago, my hospital was where some of the casualties were treated. I feel for those guys. Unfortunately, the cry of the Southern Kaduna people isn’t getting the attention it deserves,” he said.
Similarly, the Coordinating Chairman of CAN in Southern Kaduna, Rev Fr John Cheitnum, on Saturday said Christians living in the area were helpless because the state government did not value their lives. Condemning the killings, the National Human Rights Commission admonished security agencies to bring perpetrators of the Southern Kaduna killings to justice.
He added, “The fact remains the governor, his temperament and public positions have become part of the problem in Southern Kaduna, not part of the solution. The issue, in my view, is not whether or not the governor has done anything. He has. The question is whether or not the governor has been a constructive influence on the situation. It is clear that he has not been and that is the crux of the matter.
“The blood of the innocent is being spilt in the most unimaginably cruel and unspeakably evil manner and with impunity. In Southern Kaduna, the North has lost its conscience and the nation has lost its will and spirit. Terrorists have turned Southern Kaduna to a mortuary and a graveyard.Being Awolowo’s grandson doesn’t give me an edge — Seyi
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