Tag: Southern Kaduna

Constitution Review: Southern, Northern Kaduna agree to split into 2 new States

Aminu Imam

The Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna and their long-term rival Southern Christian, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the part of Kaduna State who have been engaged in infamous inter-ethnic and religious clashes for decades, have agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new States. Speaking yesterday, during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and the House of Reps’ Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Hassan Katsina House, both parties said creating new States from the present Kaduna…

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Southern Kaduna peace: Dr Gumi’s House of Kaduna Family move to impact process

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Prominent Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi, has assured that House of Kaduna Family would work hard to impact positively on the on-going peace process in Southern Kaduna. Dr. Gumi, who is the co-chairman of Kaduna House Family, gave the assurance at the Southern Kaduna Stakeholder’s Dialogue On Promoting Social Cohesion and Peace Building in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to him, conflicts in the area had lingered on for too long and it had become necessary that concerned men and women of goodwill should…

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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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Miyetti Allah resolves to make peace with Southern Kaduna neighbours

Ishaku Yohanna

The Kaduna State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), says it has resolved to bury its differences with other tribes and work towards return of peace in the Southern part of the state. MACBAN said this in a communiqué at the end of a peace summit in Kafanchan on Sunday. The communiqué was jointly signed by the State’s Chairman of the association, Malam Hassan Tugga, Southern Kaduna Zonal Chairman; Malam Abdulhamid Musa;Zonal Secretary, Malam Shuaibu Usman, and Director Media and Publicity, Malam Ibrahim Zango. “We have…

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Southern Kaduna attacks: Two warring communities sign peace pact

Ishaku Yohanna

Two communities in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday signed a peace agreement as part of efforts to bring an end to the wanton destruction of lives and property in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the communities involved are Dangoma and Takau in Kannikon and Zipak chiefdoms respectively. Speaking at the event held in Kafanchan, Peter Averik, chairman of the local government, said the peace deal was brokered following series of dialogue between the two communities. “We met and deliberated successfully on…

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Southern Kaduna: Atyap, Fulani, Hausa communities sign peace pact

Ishaku Yohanna

The Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State have reached a truce and unanimously agreed to end the hostilities that claimed lives in Southern Kaduna. The peace deal was reached during a meeting between the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in the area. The meeting was convened by His Highness, the Agwatyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya at the Mariyamu and Yakubu Event Centre in Ungwan Wakili. Participants at the meeting condemned the killings and the destruction witnessed in the communities. In a 14-point resolution, all…

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Killings: NAF deploys Special Forces in Southern Kaduna

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed additional special forces to southern Kaduna, to boost the ongoing fight against bandits and suspected ethnic militia who have been terrorising residents of the area. The Air Officer Commanding, NAF Training Command, Air Marshal Musa Mukhtar, addressed the troops before their departure to the southern part of the state on Sunday. He asked them to complement the efforts of the Nigerian Army troops attached to Operation Safe Haven, by providing both ground and air power during the operation against the criminal elements. Mukhtar,…

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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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El-Rufai’s utterances fueling Southern Kaduna crisis – Babachir Lawal

Ishaku Yohanna

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal on Sunday said the actions and utterances of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has further worsened the crisis in Southern Kaduna, adding that the governor is not sympathetic to the issues in the area. Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, Lawal who condemned the marginalization of Christians in Kaduna and other parts of the North gave credit to a former governor of the state, Ahmed Makarfi whom according to him handled the crisis well during his…

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We don’t have enough manpower to tackle Southern Kaduna killings – Military

Ishaku Yohanna

Commander of Operation Safe Haven in Kaduna, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, says the military does not have enough manpower to tackle the violence in the southern part of the state.  Speaking with reporters after a security meeting presided over by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, Okwokwo said the military is strategising on how to boost security. The commander said more soldiers will be deployed in the area to tackle the “criminal elements” responsible for the killings and destruction in the area. “What we have were attacks on some communities and…

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