Will Kaduna Ever Know Peace?
Some of the bereaved mourning their loved ones following the latest killings in Southern Kaduna
For Governor Nasir el-Rufai, these are not the best of times. In fact, his fellow governors would not envy him. He seems to have a problem in his hands, which appears to be defying solutions. The body claimed any attack from its members were reprisal attacks against native militias, who have continued to kill its members and kill or rustle their cattle.
While the Presidency might have a point, it has not stopped the killings. In Zango Kataf and Kajuru centres, where there are internally displaced people, one of those there who spoke to THE GUARDIAN newspaper, Enoch James, said heavily armed militias stormed their Sabon Kaura village around 11:20pm and hacked his brother’s wife, her baby, his own wife, step mother and three of his siblings to death. He explained that they had a foreknowledge of the attack.
The problem in these attacks is the seeming helplessness of the state. Recently, the Nigerian Army claimed they were helpless in arresting the carnage. And this is where the problem lies. Even if the attacks were not one-sided, perhaps, it boils down to the fact that victims have resorted to self-help, when it seemed the state had failed them.
“If you look at the conspiracy of silence, when these killings are taking place, the massacre, carnage and destruction and genocide on regular basis, the authorities that ought to take necessary steps apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice would prefer not to do that but rather use other narratives.
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