Those doubting Kajuru killings are ‘grossly irresponsible’ – El-Rufai …130 and not 66 persons killed

The Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said that those doubting the number of persons killed last Friday in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State are ‘grossly irresponsible’.
El-Rufai also said that the actual number of persons killed last on the eve of earlier scheduled election was 130 and not the 66.
The conflicts according to the Agwai Committee arise from the semi-settled Fulani Governor el-Rufai, had, last Friday, raise the alarm that unknown gunmen had killed 66 persons in the area.
Addressing State House correspondents on Tuesday, the governor said that based on the security briefings he has received, that the actual number of those killed was 130 and not 66.
On the eve of the earlier scheduled general election, the governor had said that 66 persons were killed by unknown attackers. Many people had doubted the Governor over the report.
But coming out from a security meeting he convened, attended by the governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, as well as the security chiefs, said he gets security briefings daily to know the situation in and around Kaduna.
He added that, only irresponsible and insensitive people can recklessly dismiss the deaths of members of a community with whom they have no contact.
He therefore restated his earlier resolve that, “The government of a state cannot be detained by parochial, ethno-religious, partisan or electoral calculations from doing its duty to provide security, confirm incidents of security breaches, take steps to reassure affected communities and ensure that perpetrators are arrested and brought to justice”.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, two days ago, after the governor was led on the spot assessment of the area by the GOC 1 Div, the state commissioner of police and other security chiefs, he had warned that the state government cannot allow itself to be hamstrung by any consideration while performing her responsibilities.