The Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan alleged yesterday that the
latest attacks in southern Kaduna State had claimed 808 lives with 57
injured. It also alleged that 53 villages were attacked in the process.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has described the attackers as foreign
Fulani herdsmen, who were avenging past attacks on them and their
livestock.
Addressing a news conference in Kafanchan, the Vicar General of
the Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan, Ibrahim Yakubu, said the
government failed to protect locals.
Yakubu, who addressed reporters along with four other priests, said
four local government areas had been attacked with 808 people killed and
1,422 houses, 16 churches, 19 shops, and one primary school destroyed.
He added: “Unfortunately, our government both at the centre and
state levels have failed woefully. If anything, government has shown
outright partisanship in favour of the herdsmen to the disappointment of
the majority Southern Kaduna indigenes and Christians.”
The cleric, however, called for immediate end to attacks, and
demanded compensation for all families that lost loved ones or property.
He also called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to
investigate the causes of the crisis.
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