Tag: Lekwot

Insecurity: Southern Kaduna killings have reduced with exit of el-Rufa’i Lekwot

Aminu Imam

Chairman, Middle-Belt Elders Forum and chairman, Southern Kaduna Elders Forum, Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd), has said that the killings in Southern Kaduna have drastically reduced with the exit of Nasir el-Rufa’i as governor of Kaduna State. Lekwot stated this in an interview on a television programme yesterday, where he also commended el-Rufa’is successor, Uba Sani for being pro-active in ensuring that peace returns to the North-West state. He said, Southern Kaduna citizens have lived in peace over the years. We managed our differences with other Nigerians that have found it…

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CNG berates Lekwot over comments on IBB

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has warned former military Colonel, Zamani Lekwot (rtd), over his recent attempt to smear former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, better known as IBB, in his role in the Zangon-Kataf crisis that occurred decades ago. CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who issued the warning in a statement in Abuja, said Lekwot should keep his frustrations to himself and avoid making baseless accusations. According to the CNG, Lekwots accusations are baseless, misguided frustrations borne of pent-up ethnic jealousy aimed at promoting a separatist agenda that would harm…

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