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Insecurity: El-Rufai wants FG to create Theatre Command for North West, Niger

  • 1,192 killed, 3,348 kidnapped in Kaduna in 2021 – Report 

The Kaduna State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to create a Theatre Command similar to the situation in the North-East to confront the insurgency that has clearly emerged in five states of the North-West and Niger State with continuous and contiguous forest ranges.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai said this on Tuesday while receiving the 2021 Annual Security Report at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. 

The report, presented by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, showed that 1,192 persons were killed, while 3,348 were kidnapped in Kaduna State in 2021.

The report also showed that in 2021, an average of 9 persons were kidnapped daily across Kaduna State, mostly in the Kaduna Central senatorial district. There is also an escalation in the number of persons killed by a whopping 255 compared to those sadly killed by banditry and criminality in 2020.

El-Rufai said “The creation of such a Theatre Command will enable holistic approach to counter-insurgent operations across the six affected states and the enhanced coordination of the resources of the Armed Forces, the Police, the SSS, our respective State Vigilance Services, hunters and other local volunteers to fight the insurgents.”

He thanked Emirs and Chiefs in the state “for being the leading and influential anchors of peaceful coexistence in our various communities” and “security agencies, particularly the Army, Air Force, Navy, Police, Civil Defence, SSS, our State Vigilance Service and KASTLEA for constant collaboration with our Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs in the hard work of securing the state.”

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