…Says Kaduna is currently in a ‘State of War’
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has alleged that the military knew the location of the bandits wreaking havoc in the State, but was refusing to bomb their hideouts.
The governor disclosed this yesterday, after a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by terrorists on Monday evening, with eight persons confirmed dead, 26 injured and some of the passengers also kidnapped.
Gov. el-Rufa’i, who expressed sadness and frustration over the recent train attack, said with the amount of information and intelligence in the hands of the nation’s security agencies, they had all it would take to prevent attacks by terrorists and other criminal elements in the country.
El-Rufa’i, who claimed that the Department of Security Services (DSS) had informants everywhere, who were on top of their game, monitoring the plans and communications of criminals, said, “We know what they (terrorists) are planning. We get the reports. The problem is for the agencies to take action.
His words: “Don’t wait until they attack before you respond. The Army should go after their enclaves to wipe them out. Let the Air Force bomb them.
“Before, they were categorised as bandits and if you bombed them, you would have issues with human rights organisations and international criminal courts and so on. But, now that they have been declared terrorists by the court, they can be legally killed without any consequences from international human rights organisations”.
“We know where their camps are, we know where they are; the SSS (State Security Service, also called DSS) have their phone numbers, they listen to them, and they give me the report. We know what they are planning. We shouldn’t be waiting for them to attack; why can’t we go after them?”, he stated.
He described Kaduna as currently being in a ‘State of War’.
The deadly train attack occurred on Monday, leading to several deaths and abductions. The development has been condemned widely, with many Nigerians calling for improved security response.
Barely forty-eight hours after the bombing, some dare-devil terrorists again invaded a Low-Cost Housing estate in Zaria city, Zaria LGA of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, inflicting damage on residents and everything on sight, after allegedly kidnapping some people.
