Indigenes of Kajuru Local Govenrnment Area, LGA, in Southern
part of Kaduna state have said there was no killing of any Fulani
in their domain, Next
edition reports.[1]
The Indigenes stated this while reacting to claims by Kaduna
State Government that 66 persons were killed in their
community.
Gov. Nasir El- Rufai, in a statement signed by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, had stated
that “Security agencies today (Friday) reported the recovery of 66
bodies that were killed in attacks by criminal elements on various
dispersed hamlets in the Maro Gida and Iri axis of Kajuru LGA.”
El-Rufai in the statement had also claimed that the 66 persons
who included 22 children and 12 women were killed in settlements of
Ruga Bahago, Ruga Daku, Ruga Ori, Ruga Haruna, Ruga Yukka Abubakar,
Ruga Duni Kadiri, Ruga Shewuka and Ruga Shuaibu Yau.
But the indigenes in a message made available to the Next
Edition said they are not aware of such incidence.
They rather recalled that 11 natives of Kajuru were said to have
been killed on Monday February 11, 2019, but El-Rufa’i and his
government refused to communicate on the incident.
“Today Friday, It’s El-Rufa’i himself announcing death of 66
Fulanis. Unfortunately, calls to citizens of Kajuru town indicate
they seem not aware of killings today as El-Rufa’i seemed to have
claimed.
“We recall that El-Rufa’i had once deposited that Fulanis never
forgive and denotes they’ll go for reprisal no matter how long it
takes.
“This statement of El-Rufa’i if it is to be x-rayed will mean
Fulanis will cause trouble in Kajuru to create a crisis in Kajuru,
hence enable the cancellation of elections in such area of Kajuru
and/or even Chikun, and so calling for a postponement.
“The Government must be on its toes to avoid this
strategy being used to grant Fulanis a reason to do harm to Kajuru
citizens and Kaduna state as a whole.”
They stated that “It was an act of injustice to find that
Governor El-Rufa’i is at the forefront of creating such narratives
of 66 Fulanis being killed. How? When? By Whom? Why?”
According to the indigenes, the story of the killing of 66
Fulanis as announced by El-Rufa’i is questionable as they queried
why people in Kajuru town aren’t aware of such development.
They said El-Rufa’i should not be allowed to create a problem to
the peace enjoyed by Kajuru people, both Adaras and other settlers
alike, after the kidnap and murder of Agom Adara, whose killers
were said to be arrested and yet as of today, there is no concrete
information in relation to their arraignment in court.
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Next edition reports.
(nextedition.com.ng)