We traced those behind killings in Kaduna – El-Rufai reveals

– Governor Nasir El-Rufai said that his administration traced the root of killings that happened in Kaduna state

– He accused cattle rustlers,who were mostly Fulani from neighbouring countries, of being behind the killings in the state

– The governor noted that such killings had ceased within the last six months

“By going round and tracing the root of these killings, we found that most of those who come in to do those killings are from other countries like Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Senegal.”

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, has accused Fulani herdsmen from neighbouring countries of being behind the killings in the state.

Daily Post reports that the governor said this during a television programme Sunrise Daily on Channels Television.

However, the governor noted that such killings had ceased within the last six months due to some measures taken by his administration.

El-Rufai added that a committee he set up under the leadership of Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd) did a very good job.

“By going round and tracing the root of these killings, we found that most of those who come in to do those killings are from other countries like Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Senegal.

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“This happened in April and these cattle rearers had come from these countries and were going back, because they move across the West African sub region and were going back with their cattle when this problem happened. If you remember the elections of 2011, they were just victims that were passing through.

“And of course you know the Fulani have a long memory of revenging any killing; so, there relations were coming from other countries to revenge the killings and we had to reach out to some of these countries outside Nigeria telling them this cannot continue,” he said.

El-Rufai revealed that his administration was ready to compensate those affected to put an end to these killings and bring peace to the state.

According to the governor, “there is no sense wiping out an entire village just because something happened five years ago.”

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He further recalled that shortly after assuming office he called a security meeting to address the killings that occurred after the general elections.

“In the South you have Christians and non-indigenes and in the North you have mostly Muslims and Hausa speaking Northerners and it is very unhealthy,” he said.

He noted that the repeated cycles of ethnic and religious violence are part of what is destroying Kaduna state.

Reacting to the governor’s interview, the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria told El-Rufai to refrain from making statements capable of causing religious and ethnic tensions.

CAN was discontent with the governor’s comment that Muslims in Kaduna state have population of 70% compared to Christian community of 30%, and accused him of putting one religion ahead of others.

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