HURIWA knocks El-Rufai as bandits kill 446

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has slammed Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State over the unending shedding of the blood of innocent residents by Fulani bandits and terrorists.

The National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, yesterday, lamented that “Kaduna has become a killing field for marauders under El-Rufai’s watch, while the governor has failed woefully as the chief security officer of the state” with the cardinal responsibility to protect lives and property.

HURIWA also expressed dissatisfaction that despite the unprecedented and callous murder of residents of the state by vicious, AK-47-wielding non-state actors, especially in Southern Kaduna, the El-Rufai government and security agencies failed to arrest or prosecute any suspect.

It described as shocking the data released by the state government last Friday that 446 people were killed by bandits and terrorists from April to September 2022, while 985 persons were kidnapped.

Onwubiko said: “The massacre that has been going on in Kaduna under El-Rufai is condemnable and shows the crass failure of the governor, who is supposed to be the chief security officer of the state charged with the duty to protect life and property.

“However, the body language of the governor continues to enable the guillotine of residents of the state, particularly in Southern Kaduna, which has been the worst hit victims of terrorism and banditry since El-Rufai became governor.”