Tag: Kaduna Killings

Southern Kaduna Killings: Enough is enough, says Sultan

Ishaku Yohanna
Sultan Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar III

Chairman, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar (III), on Monday, in Kaduna, described the killings in the southern part of the state as “madness” that has to be stopped immediately. He called on those involved in killings in Southern Kaduna to stop the act, saying, “enough is enough.” Speaking during a Council’s Executive meeting in Kaduna, the monarch noted that no man in his right senses go on a killing spree of innocent people under whatever guise. The Sultan carpeted politicians as forces behind the…

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Troops of Operation Safe Haven arrest eight suspects over Southern Kaduna Killings

Ishaku Yohanna

The Military Task Force responsible for maintaining peace in Plateau State, parts of Southern Kaduna and Bauchi states, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has arrested eight suspects in connection with the killings in the Kaduna South Senatorial District, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, Commander of OPSH, who paraded the suspects in Kafanchan on Monday, said the arrest was part of its effort to curtail the killings. Okonkwo who was represented by Col. David Nwakonobi, the Commander, Sector 7 of the OPSH, said six of the suspects were arrested on August 5, 2020,…

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Killings: Why Southern Kaduna’s case is different – El-Rufai

Ishaku Yohanna

Governor Nasir El-Rufai says giving criminal activities ethnic and religious colouration is responsible for the persistence of communal crises in Kaduna State. The governor spoke at a media chat on Thursday night in Kaduna amidst tension in the state over renewed communal clashes especially in the southern part of the state. El-Rufai said insecurity in the state is being perpetrated by criminal elements who have been killing, kidnapping people and rustling cattle in the entire North-west region. The governor lamented that the activities of the bandits were being coated as…

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