Stop Southern Kaduna killings... PDP, CAN urge Buhari

The Christian Association of Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, Campaign for Democracy, and other socio-political groups have cautioned President Muhammadu

Buhari against declaring victory over Boko Haram.

The party and groups described the killings in the Southern Kaduna as an embarrassment to the Federal Government and the country at large.

They urged the President to do more in order to stop the killings of innocent Nigerians.

The national caretaker committee of the PDP said it would be wrong for Buhari to claim victory recorded by the Armed Forces for the takeover of Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram.

The opposition party insisted that former President Goodluck Jonathan played a pivotal role while in government to defeat the sect.

Spokesperson for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led committee, Dayo Adeyeye, who stated this in a chat with Punch, said claim by the APC-led Federal Government on the fall of the forest had yet to be independently verified.

He nevertheless asked Nigerians to refresh their memories on the success he claimed recorded by the regime of Jonathan, which he believed made it possible for elections to hold in almost all the local government areas in the North-East in 2015.

The former minister of state for works said, “The President cannot solely claim responsibility for the success he claimed the Armed Forces recorded in reclaiming Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram.

“This is because the regime of former President Jonathan had done a lot in the war against terror.

“This was why elections were held in almost all the local government areas in Borno State and the entire North-East in 2015.

“Though there has been no independent verification of the claim, the President ought to give kudos to the regime of Jonathan that bought the weapons being used to fight the war.”

The PDP spokesman wondered why the President had been allegedly looking the other way with the daily killings of innocent people in Southern Kaduna and the entire country.

“We should ask the President why he keeps quiet over the activities of the killer herdsmen. What is he doing about it? The herdsmen are now the number four terror group in the world. Nigerians should ask the President to act.”

Reacting to the killings in Southern Kaduna, the Director, Legal and Public Affairs, CAN, Kwamkur Samuel, said the government needed to review security management in the country.

He stated, “Managing security challenges in the country needs to be viewed holistically. As long as the Fulani militias are still killing unarmed and innocent Nigerians confirms that there is a need for a more permanent solution than the media celebrations."