The Chairman of the Kauru Local Government Area Community Development Associations, Abel Adamu, has disclosed that over 500 households have been displaced in different attacks by bandits.
The CDA chairman, who made this disclosure on Sunday at a press briefing in Kaduna, said the recent surge in violence and attacks in the area has resulted to the loss of many lives, displacement of people, and destruction of properties.
He also explained that the cases of abduction of innocent people in the area were alarming and thus called for concerted security efforts to nip the ugly situation in the bud.
Adamu recalled that just last Friday, a woman was killed by her abductors in the Kiffin Chawai after paying the ransom as demanded by the bandits.
He said the recent violent attacks resulted in the displacement of thousands of visitors and residents in Kumana and Kauru chiefdoms, even as several others in the Dokan Karji, Bandi, Rumaya, Kwassam, Kaibi, Kusheka, Geshere, and Binawa, axis, among others.
“This is uncalled for, and we plead for immediate action from the government to ensure the safety and security of our people,” Adamu stated.
Arewa PUNCH reports that the Kauru Local Government Area, known for its farming activities, has now become a hotspot for banditry, crippling the economic activities.
“The latest assault on residents underscored the deteriorating security situation in the region,” he insisted.
“As a community, we have tried to address these issues through our initiatives, such as neighbourhood watch programs and community policing.
“However, the situation has deteriorated to a point where we require immediate intervention from the relevant security agencies and the global community.
“To address this issue, we are calling on the government to establish two military bases, one each in Kauru and Kumana chiefdoms.
“These military bases will provide a permanent security presence in the area, helping to deter attacks and provide a sense of security for the local population, who are now sleeping with their two eyes opened in fear of the unknown.
“While thanking the government for the establishment of a military base in Chawai chiefdom, we also want to call for the provision of more security personnel to address the pockets of attacks being witnessed in some parts of the chiefdom,” Adamu appealed.
According to him, as law-abiding citizens, the communities are willing and ready to work closely and cooperate with the government in its quest towards restoring lasting peace in the local government area.
However, the CDAs Chairman commended the Kaduna State Governor for the ongoing construction of the Pambegua to Kauru Road project to a credible and competent contractor.
He noted that the Kauru Local Government area which is made up of Kauru, Kumana, and Chawai Chiefdoms had been without good and access roads for over three decades, such that people coming from the Chawai axis would have to travel hundreds of kilometers, through Saminaka in the Lere Local Government Area to Pambegua in Kubau Local Government Area due to lack of access roads.
He stressed further that this singular factor has also been a contributing factor to the delay in the swift response needed by the operatives of Operation Safe Haven, located in Kafanchan, as the team have to travel nine to ten hours before arriving the scene of any attack in the Local Government Area.
“It is in the light of this that we are advocating the extension of the construction of the Pambegua – Kauru Road to Kwassam, Geshere, and Mariri to link communities from the three chiefdoms and ease transportation problems faced by the people, especially during the rainy season.
“This will not only improve the economic prospects of the area but also enhance the security of the people by providing easier access to security personnel and emergency services,” Adamu clarified.
The CDA Chairman, while commendiñg the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, for facilitating a military barrack in Southern Kaduna, saying that, upon completion of the project, “it would help in addressing the myriads of security challenges bedevilling the region.
Finally, “We want to use this opportunity to commend the relentless efforts of the chairman, Kauru Local Government Area, Alhaji Bashir Tanko Dawaki, our representatives at both the national and state assembly, Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, Hon. Mukhtar Zakari Chawai, and Hon. Barnabas Haruna Danmaigona, for working round the clock to ensure the security of lives and property of the people.”