From Sola Ojo, Kaduna
As affected communities involved in recent gunmen attacks that left 27 persons dead in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State count their losses, the senator representing Kaduna Central and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Uba Sani, on Wednesday appealed to security agents to nip the menace in the bud fast.
Yet to be identified gunmen had in the early hours of Sunday, March 12, and March 14 killed 17 persons at Angwan Wakili and 10 persons at Langson community respectively with several left critically injured and property razed in the local council.
The APC standard bearer in this Saturday’s election in a statement expressed pain over the lingering killings and destruction of property in the state especially in Southern Kaduna, just as he commiserated the families that have recorded one loss or the other in the unfortunate incidents.
“I am deeply pained by the attack on Zangon Kataf communities and the wanton destruction of innocent lives and property. This is one attack too many. This is not only a condemnable act but one that must propel us to take immediate and decisive action against these murderous elements.
“The inability of security agencies to fashion effective strategies to degrade or decimate these terrorists and bandits has rendered most of our communities desolate.
“The full weight of the law is hardly brought to bear on criminal elements. Our people watch helplesslessly as criminal elements hold sway in many communities. This must not be allowed to continue.
“I, therefore call on the security agencies to move into action to fish out the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. Such elements have no place in a decent society like ours.
“My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this unfortunate attack and the government and people of Kaduna State. I have dispatched my field officers to deliver relief materials to the families of the victims.
“May the Almighty Allah grant the victims eternal rest and their families the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses,” he prayed.
He however committed that, if elected the next governor of the State, he would make the issue of security his top priority.
“Safety and security is a key plank of my manifesto. If by the grace of God, I get the people’s mandate, I will work with security agencies to restore peace to communities in Kaduna State,” he said.