Insecurity: CAN mourns death of over 28 persons in fresh Kaduna attack

…Wants government, security agencies to live up to responsibilities, fish out perpetrators

By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna

Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) Kaduna State Chapter, has called on government and security agencies to live up to their responsibilities of securing the lives and properties of residents in Kaduna State.

The CAN Chairman, Kaduna State Chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, who made the call in a press statement issued to journalists in Kaduna on Monday, said the religious body is mourning following “a renewed attack that left over 28 innocent persons slaughtered” on Sunday night in Kagoro.

According to Hayab, the killers of Southern Kaduna people are yet to be neutralised as claimed by security agencies.

He said, “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna State Chapter is mourning the death of over 28 innocent defenseless people of the Mallagum community in the Kagoro area who were brutally slaughtered last night.

“This massacre has further proven that the killers of the Southern Kaduna people have not yet been neutralised as claimed.

“The Federal Government and the security agencies must not let the killers escape. Those who committed this evil must be fished out, arrested, and brought to face justice.

“These renewed killings may be a strategy to scare the people from exercising their rights and to further increase fear and impoverish them. Accordingly, CAN condemn this barbaric act in the strongest terms but appeal for calm, calling on the government and security to rise to the duty of protecting lives and property.”

All efforts to get the security side of the story proved abortive as at the time of filing this report.

Several calls were put across to the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna state, Samuel Aruwan including the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) DSP Mohammed Jalige, both not responding to calls.