Nigerian lawmaker laments ‘alarming’ rate of killings, kidnappings in Buhari’s state

The rate of killings and kidnappings in Katsina State has become so ‘alarming’ that a lawmaker wants a state of emergency declared in parts of the state.

The lawmaker representing Baure/Zango Federal Constituency, Ahmed Dayyabu-Safana, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of killings in Katsina State, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Dayyabu-Safana said some villages within his constituency had been serially attacked with many people killed by armed bandits.

The killings are, however, not restricted to Mr Dayyabu-Safana’s constituency in Katsina. There have been reports of killings and kidnappings across the state in recent times.

One of the most recent incidents happened in Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown. The District Head of the village was kidnapped on Wednesday by four gunmen. Some people were also reportedly killed during the attack.

Worried by the violence, Mr Dayyabu-Safana moved a motion on the urgent “Need for Federal Government’s Intervention on the Ongoing Wanton Killing of Innocent Persons, Destruction of Property, Armed Robbery and Kidnappings by Heavily Armed Bandits Operating Within Safana/Batsari/Dansamu Federal Constituency.”

According to him, the recent spate of the said attacks on members of his constituency has reached an ‘alarming stage’. He said the perpetrators of this act continuously kill innocent persons.

Mr Buhari is yet to react to the latest attacks including that of Daura. He is currently in London on a ‘private visit’ for an undisclosed reason.

– Premium Times