As mindless attacks in various communities in Southern Kaduna have continued to generate tension in the area, ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE engaged stakeholders on t
On the eve of the botched presidential and National Assembly elections, news of the killings of 66 persons in an armed attack on a Fulani community in Kajuru, Kaduna State, was broken by the state government. But organisations like the Southern Kaduna People’s Forum and Adara Development Association kicked, questioning the figure, as well as the timing of the disclosure.
Also disturbed by the development in the area, some stakeholders have spoken on the way out of the crises. “Now, if you paid people compensation and they are still killing, then it has turned out to be a reward. Then, the right thing to do is to either invite el-Rufai or go to him and say, Your Excellency, you disclosed to us that, you know the criminals who are attacking the people of Southern Kaduna, can you tell us where you met them so that we can now invite or arrest them? So, Governor el-Rufai is a material witness that is supposed to help in the investigation.
“Number four, there is need for the Federal Government to set up a high-powered, impartial investigation on the Southern Kaduna killings. Number five, we cannot move forward without fairness and justice to all by the government,” he said. “Secondly, there must be concerted efforts for dialogue from the grassroots level. Let all the people come together and talk on the way forward, the causes of the crises and how to resolve them, because we have lived together for too long to now allow this to divide us.
“I am from Southern Kaduna and I know how we have lived peacefully with one another. So, it is our duty to leave the kind of peaceful co-existence that we had enjoyed in the past for our children. “If we continue to accuse one another of one thing or the other without coming together to understand the problems threatening to divide us, we will not live in peace.
“For some time now, the Supreme Council for Shari’ah has been making this call to successive governments in Kaduna State, that if these crises must stop, they should dust all the white papers from the previous commissions of inquiry. In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the province, His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Manoso Ndagoso of Kaduna Archdiocese and the Secretary, His Lordship Most Rev. Dr. John Mamasa Niriing of Kano Diocese, the bishops lamented that the resumption of what they described as the mindless killings in the Kajuru area of Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State, have come to them with a great shock again.
“Although these killings continue to carry such labels as farmer-herder clashes, ethno-religious and reprisal killings, they do not explain the existential threat that this poses for the faith of our people in a united Nigeria. It is increasingly clear that the perpetrators of these dastardly acts are not acting as lone rangers. These killings have shown every sign of being well planned, well-co-ordinated and targeted.
“This meeting will help us work towards putting the history of violence behind us and laying the foundation for the genuine development and integration of the people of the state. “Our level of tolerance is dropping because we have embraced hate against love. The security agencies need to do their work devoid of prejudice and political affiliations.
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