The
Kaduna State House of Assembly yesterday accused the Area Commandant of
Police as well as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kafanchan of
wrong doing following continues attacks and killings of villagers in
some parts of Southern Kaduna.
This is just as they
called on both the federal and State government to curtail the spate of
killings as well as deploy relief materials to alleviate continuing
hardship been suffered by victims.
The resolution of the
lawmakers followed a motion form the member representing Jema’a
Constituency, Hon. Labari Shelly Tella who had briefed the house on the
activities of herdsmen in his constituency.
He
said, attacks was carried out by armed Fulani militia twice within one
month in six communities of Ninte, Gada biyu, Golkofar, Dogon fili,
Antang and Unguwar Anjo of Godogodo chiefdom in Jema’a Local Government.
sly compromised allowing the killings to
continue unabated.
He alleged that the duo of the Area
Comman
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that “the communities areas were concurrently attacked aggressively
claiming innocent lives mostly women and children, crops worth millions
of naira have been destroyed by herdsmen and number of houses have been
burnt down. Victims are left to fend for themselves without any form of
support from the Government, as it is, they lack basic necessities to
ameliorate their suffering and many more are living under harrowing
conditions.”
The lawmaker added that situation was
deliberately mismanaged and gros
der and the DPO in Kafanchan lack professionalism and failed to
play neutral roles and bias.
“It is critical to note
that my people in the affected communities are questioning the integrity
of the two police officers and their capability to return the situation
to normalcy. And as such, ” I call for their immediate redeployment so
as to bring more capable hands to forestall the already bad situation
from becoming worse,” he said.
Other lawmakers, who
contributed to the motion, said the continuing loss of the productive
capacity of the population will continue unabated if the government
failed to act appropriately.
The unanimously called on
both the federal and State government to deploy more security in the
affected communities to curtail the spate of attacks and boost public
confidence to enable fleeing residents return home.
Leadership
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