El-Rufai, CAN Leaders Meet Over Killings In Southern Kaduna
A picture released by the Kaduna State government shows Governor Nasir El-Rufai and CAN National President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, during a meeting at the Government House in Kaduna on August 17, 2020.Religious leaders from the Christian Association of Nigeria have met with Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to discuss ways of finding lasting peace to the troubled southern region of the state.
He, however, asked the security agencies to unmask those behind the senseless killings in Southern Kaduna, irrespective of their tribe or religious background and bring them to justice. According to him, that the crisis has lingered for so long has made people tag it religious or ethnic and it has given them room to say whatever they are saying.
A picture released by the Kaduna State government shows Governor Nasir El-Rufai with CAN National President, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, and others during a meeting at the Government House in Kaduna on August 17, 2020.Reverend Ayokunle also proposed the prosecution of those behind the crisis, rebuilding of destroyed Southern Kaduna and other crisis-affected areas, and the deployment of more security forces to the troubled communities, among others.
Governor El-Rufai explained that when the clashes began, they worked to get more soldiers and policemen to the affected areas, to calm nerves and prevent a cycle of attacks and reprisals.
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