I just love how Nigerian politicians do this their ‘Politics of blame game’ in the open and at the other side where nobody is watching, smile to themselves thinking Nigerians are fools. But that does not mean I am trying to call out anyone or castigate anyone for venting on the security situation in his or her own state or the country in general…what about coming up with more of solutions to remedy the situations?
Having said the above, let’s now meddle into the continued political face-off between the Governor of Kaduna State and Senators from the state, especially that of the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani. It is no longer news that the Senator and the Governor, Mallam Nadir El-Rufai are at loggerheads as to who controls the party All Progressives Congress machinery in the state, a battle that has gotten to the extent of Senators representing the state blocking a loan request by the governor to develop the state…well, Na so the Governor talk…
The issue has been going back and forth and the latest one now is the issue of Insecurity in the state, to which Senator Sani has alleged that the constant killings by herdsmen are due to the fact that some of the governors in the north used to rig their way into office, have now turned on them and they are now finding it difficult to control them.
Though he did not mention names, but we can just assume we kind of know who he might be referring to, and we just cannot wait for the 2019 general election to witness the power of supremacy and who truly has the support of the people of Kaduna state.
The senator taking to his social media page said…
Any Governor of a state operating the policy of Conditional Cash transfer to Killer Herdsmen is their patron.And he must be seen and treated as a national security risk.
The roots of Herdsmen mass murder and kidnappings in other parts of Nigeria is in the policy of ‘Paying Fulani Herdsmen’ by some Governors.They appeased a monster with public funds and now the monster is going door to door;Sahel,Savanna and mangrove forests.
The mass killings & kidnappings going on in parts of Kaduna state is systematically suppressed in order not to embarrass d state & the FG .Poor people kept burying their dead with tears & others paying heavy ransom to Herdsmen.The victims r expected to praise Govt for ‘trying’.
Kaduna state is as unsafe as Benue,Zamfara and Taraba states.Birnin Gwari bothering Zamfara and Niger state is controlled by heavily armed bandits or Herdsmen who are killing both soldiers and civilians.Kidnaping & killing is a daily occurrence.Anything short of this is a lie.