President Muhammadu Buhari is silent on the ongoing violence in southern part of Kaduna State because the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is handling it, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has said.
Mr. Adesina stated this Monday morning on Channels Television during its Sunrise Daily programme.
At least six persons were killed in Goska village, Jema’a local Government Area in the early hours of Christmas.
The victims included a teenage secondary school student, Gimbia Morik, daughter of a former council chairman in Jema’a.
The killings, by suspected herdsmen, occurred despite Jema’a and two other local governments – Kaura and Zango Kataf – being under a 24-hour curfew.
The state government after a meeting of heads of various security agencies in the state, had on December 21 imposed the 24-hour curfew to prevent violence during the festive season.
Scores of people have been killed in ethno-religious violence in Southern Kaduna in 2016.
As the killings continue, Mr. Buhari had come under criticism from Nigerians for his silence.
Citing Nigeria’s federal structure, Mr. Adesina said there was no need for Mr. Buhari to speak since Mr. El-Rufai is “on top of the matter.”
The presidential aide said as the chief security officer of his state, it rests on Mr. El-Rufai, who has pledged to bring perpetrators to book, to deal with the matter.
“You don’t have to hear from the president on that matter. When it pays us, we talk about federalism and true federalism; yet you want the president and presidency to talk about everything,” Mr. Adesina said.
He also said “when a thing like this happens in a state, there is a chief security officer and he is supposed to be on top of the matter.
“Governor El-Rufai Rufai was at the villa on Thursday to brief the president, so why should the president then be talking about it?
“True federalism is the governor should be in charge and he is in charge of it,” he said.
LOCAL MATTER
The killings in Southern Kaduna are suspected to be due to violence between the locals and migrating Fulani herdsmen.
Apart from Kaduna, similar violence between locals, mainly farmers, and migrating herdsmen has caused the death of hundreds of people in several other states including Benue and Taraba.
Mr. Adesina on Monday said local authorities must play a crucial role in stopping the violence.
He said state and local governments have a major role to play in dealing with herdsmen crisis.
He said Mr. Buhari is always in constant touch with governors whenever an attack occurs to get timely updates.
The spokesperson said Mr. Buhari has consistently maintained that the best way to stop the killings is through collaboration between the states and the grassroots leaders in local governments.
“The federal government has roles to play but not as much as the state and local governments,” he said

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Do you see why we brand this hopeless nation a huge zoo?
Police is waiting to be briefed.
Buhari relies on El Rufai while the same Governor El Rufai pays the jihadist killers to soft pedal on their onslaught.
But Nigeria military men are dancing along River Niger Bridge in Eastern Region. Zoo is a classical underestimation of what Nigeria really is. Tufiakwa!

Its true. But this involves lives... So president have to talk.

Ok

The President needs to be Proactive on these issues

GoggleB:
Do you see why we brand this hopeless nation a huge zoo?
Police is waiting to be briefed.
Buhari relies on El Rufai while the same Governor El Rufai pays the jihadist killers to soft pedal on their onslaught.
But Nigeria military men are dancing along River Niger Bridge in Eastern Region. Zoo is a classical underestimation of what Nigeria really is. Tufiakwa!

When operation python dance was declared in the east I knew that was a classical case of misplaced priorities.
Time has proven it.

Shameless old presidiot.

While you sent your extortors on operation python dance in a calm east you allow a venerable southern kaduna people at the mercy of your evil brothers.

Ewu president

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somebody should ask dat fo.ol whether state govs in nigeria have total control of d police. yeye dey smell.

well, wen i said several times dat northern extremist n their command head qtrs in sokoto ar launching JIHAD against christians some pipul thought am a w.a.r monger. well hia is ur proof! violence against christians through JIHAD increased tripple fold since d coming of buari to power. buari too is one of d fundamentalist in kaduna. was it not buari who said with his own mouth dat "he will do every tin within his power to spread sharia across nigeria buari totally believes in spreading sharia across nigeria. though buari dullard will continue to pretend like notin serious is happening, he's silently in support of d massacres in kaduna. why not? he's part of d terrorist caliphate in sokoto n kaduna.

killing christians for their land n abduction of christian female children/forced conversion into islam is their specialties. their aim is to deplete christian population n at d same time increase their own (northern muslim) population. high population means more terrorist soldiers for d final unslought - converting nigeria into an islamic country. in fact unoffically nigeria is an islamic nation. nigeria's constitution made it so. all d talk about nigeria being a secular country is a LIE. nigeria is an islamic country by virture of d constitution. all they need now is to make it official. n d only way to succeed in their evil quest is to wipe out christian population through massacres via gun men n fulani terrorist n kidnapping of christian female children. they have been doing dis for years.
d unfortunate tin is dat dis terrorist/merchants of death ar using govt machineries military, police, customs in northern borders to perpetrate dis evil against christians. d massacres of shiites by soldiers for example was not an accident. it was a carefully put togeda plot to wipe out shiites in nigeria. same method they ar employing to wipe out christians communities n villages in d middle belt. all d military do is to provide cover for their partners in crime while d terrorist do their work. yet some unfortunate pipul still shout one nigeria as long as we ar yorked with dis fundamentalist, there will never be peace in nigeria!

wat happened in benue is a carbon copy of wat is currently happening in kaduna - JIHAD/GENOCIDE to take ova christians God given land to spread sharia fulfillment of their islamic expansionist agenda, "dipping koran in atlantic ocean" in southern nigeria as commanded by amadu bello (hell-rufile's mentor, who's coincidentally d gov of kaduna). u expect peace in kaduna with hell-roofile as gov
after they ar done with kaduna, they will move their violence machinery to launch anoda usman danfodio type JIHAD in anoda state just like they did in bornu, yobe, adamawa, plateau, n taraba.
violence n blood shed is in their blood since time immemorial.

If it is to order soldiers and policemen to shoot at unarmed protesters they will waste no time with that but to preserve the sanctity of the life of the Southern KADUNA people now. They would take the whole time to do this.

this is truly a zoo!

Whenever Nigerians are able to get ride of this yoke called Apc government, the whole leadership should be tried for treason and if convicted publicly executed, this is much too much

So there was no governors in SE that made you declare operation whatever dance? Any that's none of my business.. When Igbos are being killed, everyone looked the other way, now it's their turn so, they should deal with it.

The same El Rufai that paid murders to stop committing murder is the one PMB is relying on to handle the situation When fulani terrorist have been killing nigerians all over the country...

This is just the definition of cluelessness...SMH

CyberWolf:
So there was no governors in SE that made you declare operation whatever dance? Any that's none of my business.. When Igbos are being killed, everyone looked the other way, now it's their turn so, they should deal with it.

exactly my thoughts.

God forgive me. Nigeria has a scumbag as her President, quite unfortunate.

The same !diot that will be the first to condemn killings in far away Palestine, Syria or "Western Germany". He is always the first to express solidarity with Saudi Arabia for disasters that befall mecca. Does it mean the Leaders of these countries were not at the top of their situations?

And to the citizens, your life is in your hands. Protect it with everything possible. These lunatics you have as leaders will not protect you.