Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the current crisis in Southern Kaduna, is \u201cthe tragic aftermath of events of June 5, when youths from two communities clashed over farmlands in Zangon-Kataf and the upsurge of violence in the same area that started on June 11.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, according to him, \u201clike an unwanted virus, the violence has spread to and has necessitated extraordinary measures in four local government areas in southern Kaduna.\u201d<\/p>\n
El-Rufai stated this during an address at a security meeting held at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.<\/p>\n
He insisted his administration had done everything within its constitutional powers to bring peace to Southern Kaduna and all parts of the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe answered the decade old demand for a permanent military base by working with the Federal Government to deploy a forward operating base of the Nigerian Army in Kafanchan.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur government purchased an estate to provide accommodation for a permanent mobile police squadron in the area. Also deployed in the area are troops from Operation Safe Haven and Nigerian Army Special Forces, complemented by two mobile police squadrons,\u201d El-Rufai said.<\/p>\n
El Rufai also warned that \u201cno one should be allowed to get away with crime just because they can hide it under an ethno-religious veneer.\u201d<\/p>\n