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The Nigeria chief of
Army State, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has pledged to end the attacks facing Kaduna communities as he flagged off an Operation tagged ‘Operation Harbin
Kunama II’ against bandits terrorizing the troubled zone.
Besides, the Governor,
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the Army Chief were in Kafanchan to launch the
military operation, specifically meant to pursued the herdsmen to the forest
and bushes in Southern Kaduna, with the aim of dislodging them from their
hideouts.
Speaking at the
occasion, Buratai said yesterday, “it is all about keeping our society
safe as part of internal security responsibility by the constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria”, pointing out that “We are much aware of what is
happening in Southern Kaduna; the various communal clashes, the farmers/herders
clash and we are training our officers to be more professional to understand
the basis of our field operations”.
According to him, the
military operation that was flagged off in Southern Kaduna “will last
for one month”, adding that “the troops will go into the nooks
and crannies of this area, the hills and valleys to flush out all the
criminals, bandits and cattle rustlers including kidnappers”.
He said: “you
can see from this outing, traditional rulers have come out in full to support
us. Our civil military relations have been extremely well. We held town hall
meetings where the head of civil military affairs as well as the GOC were
there. It was an eye opener. Some of the challenges that are facing the
individual community were properly brought out”.
Meanwhile, Governor
El-Rufai in his speech urged all the people in Southern Kaduna to embrace peace
in order ensure that violence ends, noting that “violence can only end
when people decide that violence does not work”.
According to him, “Somalia
has been at war for decades but war is not yet over. People must understand
that why the chief of Army Staff and his officers are ready to flush out the
bandits we must be ready to tolerate one another. Our job as a state government
is to provide the necessary support to the security agencies to preserve peace
and to prosecute all those involved in any crime. My appeal as always is that
let us recognize our common
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