Church blames El-Rufai’s ‘bias’ for incessant killings in S’Kaduna

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been accused by Rev Father Joseph Danlami Bogobiri of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan as the cause of the incessant killings in Southern Kaduna over his bias in the issue.

According to Bogobiri, El-Rufai has continued to take sides with herdsmen who have been alleged to be behind the recent attack in Asso Village in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state that claimed the lives of about 13 people among other previous attacks in the area.

In a statement issued in Kaduna, Bogobiri, who is also the chairman of Southern Kaduna Christian Elders Association, further accused the governor of abandoning his responsibility of being governor to all, but instead gave in to the “luxury of waging an unrelenting media campaign against southern Kaduna people.”

The statement read in part, “ El-Rufai unabashedly takes sides with the armed herdsmen, thereby failing in his responsibility as a true statesman, becoming, therefore, a biased umpire who blames and criminalizes southern Kaduna victims as the cause of the mayhem.

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“On April 15, 2017, at about 7:00 pm, an attack was launched by militias in Asso village, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack came when the people were in the church for Easter vigil celebration.

“Having presided over the mass burial of at least 10 Catholics, along with their parish priest, Rev Fr. Alexander Yayock, the following day, I’m by conscience compelled to make the following statements: The attitude of the state government has been marred by lots of complicity and bias which exacerbated rather than ameliorated tensions.”

Meanwhile, the state government has accused Bogobiri of being unfair to the governor. it argued that Governor El-Rufai remained the only candidate, who had presented a detailed programme on how to solve the crisis in the state.

 

 

 

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