Killings: Help Us, Kaduna State Govt Has Abandoned Us, Stakeholders Cry Out To Amnesty
BY SIMON REEF MUSA, ABUJA- Affected victims of the violence and killings going in Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State on the platform of Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance have cried out to Amnesty International, following the non-intervention of the Kaduna State Government to stave off further killings and other criminal activities in the area.
Accusing the Kaduna State government of complete neglect in addressing their plight, the group said considering the recent killings by bandits, only intervention by the international human rights body can come to the aid of the people.
The group, which recalled several appeals to the state government to intervene, including a security alert sent through the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Sam Aruwan on March 17th, 2018, maintained that, “With the killings of renowned Grand Commander of armed bandits/kidnappers, Buhari Tsoho, aka Buharin Daji at NABANGO, a territory under Birnin-Gwari local government, about 16 kilometers to Dansadau in Zamfara state, there is mounting tension in our local government area.
Reliable sources close to our communities in the areas indicate that the renegades of Buharin Daji are always coming massively on revenge mission.
“Already suspicious movement of people armed with sophisticated weapons is glaringly witnessed around Goron Dutse, Kuiga, Maganda, Unguwar Nachibi communities. At the moment Kidnappers are having field day along Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road on a daily basis. Some villages terrorized by armed bandits such as Kirazo and Layin Mai Gwari had relocated to Birnin-Gwari town.
“The soldiers that massively conducted operation Karamin Goro in Birnin-Gwari had been withdrawn and the detachable soldier in Birnin-Gwari only stay inside the town.
“We are under intense fear of this armed group and need proactive government protection.”
The petitioners noted that government’s inaction with regards to several warning signals and reliable information resulted into armed bandit attacks on Maganda District, killing nine vigilantes/volunteers on the 20th of March 2018.
It further added that armed bandits after successful prosecution of the Maganda attacks proceeded to Doka District in the night and killed eleven soldiers and wounded four others.
The petitioners therefore called on the government to ensure adequate security in the area, saying, “We the defenceless People of Birnin-Gwari are calling on the governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i as the chief security officer of the state, federal government and security agencies to ensure adequate deployment of security to stop the carnage and further destruction of lives, villages and towns.
“Equally, the siege on our roads has not only crippled our economy but has rendered many families lost their means of lively hood. We equally solicit the support of individuals, governments and international agencies to come to our rescue from the bondage of cattle rustler’s turns into highly sophisticated criminals.”
