Defence/Security
Kauru crisis: Again Peace commission meets stakeholders
The Kaduna Peace Commission on Thursday again met with stakeholders from Chawai Chiefdom in Kauru Local Government Area of the state, with the aim to proffer solutions to the recurring communal clashes in the area.
Our correspondent on Nov. 4, 2017 Gov. Nasir el-Rufai set up the commission saddled with the responsibility of addressing the various ethnic and religious conflicts in the state.
Speaking at the meeting, the commission’s Permanent Commissioner, Hajiya Khadijah Hawaja, said the meeting was a follow up to a previous dialogue with natives of Irigwe.
“This is a continuation of the dialogue the Peace Commission has been facilitating within the Chawai Chiefdom.
“We realised it is important to isolate the warring parties and hold separate talks with them.
“And so we started by sitting with the Irigwe people two months ago to get the facts of what is actually happening in the area that has caused so much violence.
“And today we are sitting with the Fulani. The essence is to give them a safe space where they can ventilate their grievances and suggest a way out,’’ she added
Hawaja said she was hopeful the warring parties would reach an agreement on how they can co-exist peacefully.
In his remarks, Abdullahi Aliyu, Assistant Secretary of Miyetti Allah in Kauru, called for equity, fairness and inclusion as a way of ending the persistent herders-farmers conflict.
Aliyu maintained that a situation where the Fulani are called and treated as `strangers’ in communities they reside was unacceptable.
Also, Yakubu Baido, the Southern Kaduna Zonal Youth leader of Miyetti Allah commended the commission for the initiative to convene the meeting and called for peace in the Chiefdom.
NAN reports that on Aug. 7, the commission met stakeholders from Chawai Chiefdom to further proffer solutions to the recurring communal clashes in the area.
Armed bandits have abducted 30 people during an attack on Zamfarawa village in Zugu District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Zagazola Makama report that the attack occurred on Oct. 7 at about 2:20 p.m., when a large number of bandits stormed the community, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
The hoodlums were said to have whisked away 30 villagers to an unknown destination.
Following the incident, security forces have intensified efforts to trace and rescue the abducted victims.
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two armed bandits during an exchange of fire with security operatives in Mada District, Gusau Local Government Area.
According to sources, the operation followed credible intelligence about an imminent bandit attack on villages within the Mada area.
The sources stated that at about 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 7, a joint team of police tactical operatives, community protection guards (CPG), and local hunters were deployed to Fegin Mahe village, where they laid an ambush along the suspected route of the bandits.
Three bandits were said to have approached the location and were immediately engaged in a gun battle by the security team.
Two of the bandits were killed during the encounter, while the third escaped with possible gunshot injuries.
The police said efforts were ongoing to track down and arrest the fleeing suspect.
Three suspected kidnappers have been killed by a mob in Emu Orakwan community, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 6, when hunters and farmers in the area sighted the suspects at Akabueze camp.
The suspects were said to be among those who allegedly murdered a woman identified as Mrs. Ogbona on Oct. 1.
It was gathered that upon receiving the information, villagers and farmers mobilised and descended on the suspects, inflicting severe injuries on them before the arrival of security operatives.
Army troops accompanied by police personnel, moved swiftly to the scene and met the suspects at the point of death.
They were immediately taken to the General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
Their remains have been deposited at Imiuwuguina Mortuary, while investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Again 30 villagers abducted in Zamfara.
2 bandits meet Waterloo in Zamfara ambush.
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