A total of 222 deaths were recorded and 774 people kidnapped as well as 8553 animals rustled in Kaduna State in the last three months, according to a report by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan.
Aruwan who submitted the second quarter security situation report of this year to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said Kaduna Central had the highest figure of kidnapped people with 555 and 159 of those killed.
He said the 222 deaths were linked to the banditry, violent attacks, killings, reprisals and Communal clashes recorded in the state.
The commissioner also stated that, the security problem poses threat to food security, education, imminent collapse of the rural economy among others, saying that Government and security agencies are making concerted effort to contain all forms of insecurity.
Mr Samuel Aruwan gave an assurance that Government would continue to seek active collaboration of citizens in the fight against banditry through prompt volunteering of useful information on suspicious activities for action.
Receiving the report, El-Rufai explained that the data on security incidences reflected the real challenges the citizens and communities were facing in the state.
“The report just presented by our Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs shows that security incidents happened all over the state in the three months from April to June 2021. The Kaduna Central Senatorial District remains the most impacted by these incidents, as it was in the Security Incidents Reports for 2020 and the first quarter of 2021”
According to him, the report also outline what the state government and security agencies were doing to contain the situation and provide relief to the affected communities.
“As Governor of this state, it is a matter of profound regret for me that our considerable investments in security are yet to manifest in the defeat or at least the considerable degradation of the criminals that menace our people. We have consistently supported the federal security agencies deployed to our state with logistics and equipment”
“Apart from these recurrent expenses, the Kaduna State Government has undertaken capital expenditure to provide facilities that can multiply the capacity of security agencies to deter crime and conduct effective investigations of those that do occur”
He also said unconventional approach was required to enable the state government to better protect communities.
”It is clear to us that these considerable investments require structural changes in the security sector for their effectiveness. Citizens who have been affected by crime and insecurity are not interested in the distinctions between the federal and state governments in terms of their powers over security.”
Malam Nasiru Elrufai assured everyone that the state government is working assiduously to solve the problem and solicited for support and prayers for the security agencies to address the problem.
Some members of the state Executive Council, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmad Nubu Bamali, Speaker Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani and security agencies attended the event.
