Apparently disturbed by the persistent killings in some parts of Southern Kaduna, the member representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba federal constituency at the House of representatives, Barr. Sunday Mashall Katung, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare a total war on the killer herdsmen that have been unleashing terror on the people of the area.
The member asked the president to invoke the constitutional provision in Section 14(2)(b), which states that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”
He called on the Federal Government to establish a military formation in Jema’a local government with the aim of stopping the invasion of terrorists into the helpless communities.
Mr. Katung in a statement warned that if the Federal Government fails to act, the people would be left with no option than to resort to self- help which would further exacerbate an already inflamed situation.
“Southern Kaduna people will no longer tolerate this deliberate plans to annihilate its defenceless people with both the federal and State governments doing next to nothing.
“Enough of these killings. Our communities have concurrently been attacked aggressively claiming innocent lives mostly women and children, crops worth millions of naira have been destroyed by herdsmen and a number of houses have been burnt down.
“This scorched – earth policy must be brought to an end with immediate effect and we demand that all those found culpable be arraigned before the courts in the spirit of justice and equity.
“A situation where innocent citizens are attacked, maimed, killed and their properties taken over with security agents watching without genuine intervention gives cause for concern.
“Ultimately, surviving victims are left to fend for themselves without any form of support from the government. As it is, they lack basic necessities to ameliorate their suffering and many more are living under harrowing conditions arising from previous attacks.
“What is worrisome here is that these killings have continued unabated for almost five months with no commitment from either the State or the Federal governments to stop these unwarranted and provocking attacks.
“The government should not take the patience of our people to mean cowardice. And the failure of the government to stop these killings will mean an endorsement of evil on the defenseless people,” he said.
He said Kaduna State and the Federal Government ought to upgrade their intelligence gathering mechanism to forestall the occurrence of these incessant attacks.
Comments