Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has met with youth
leaders from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state, appealing
to them not to engage in any act of violence or
looting.
During the stakeholders meeting on Friday, El-Rufai vowed to
prosecute those behind the looting and threat of peace in Kaduna
South and Chikun Local Government Areas according to the law.
“You cannot condemn an entire profession because of the
misconduct of a few. SARS is just a small unit of the Nigerian
Police Force, and even among SARS, they are not all bad,” he
said
“Yes, some of them might have been quite bad and killed many
people, but that should not be used to frame the police in a manner
that people feel justified to attack and kill policemen.
“I have seen a video where a policeman was attacked and burnt to
death. For what? That policeman is a human being, creation from
God, he has children, and he has a family.
“Who will look after them? The Nigerian Police is the only
police we have, it Is our collective duty as citizens, as leaders
to come together and help the police to be better.”
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Recover Looted Items
The meeting had in attendance, the deputy Governor, Hadiza
Balarabe, the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud and other
government officials.
The governor also condemned the recent attack of policemen and
police barracks in some parts of the country during the #EndSARS
protest which led to the death of some officers.
While admitting that there are some bad officers in the Force
that should be fished out, El-Rufai warned on the dangers of
attacking officers or tagging the entire force as bad because of
the misconduct of a few personnel.
He, however, stressed the need as citizens and leaders to come
together and help the police to perform better in securing the
lives and property of the people.
Suspected Looters
Arrested
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 93 suspected
looters and vandals of public and private property in various parts
of the state capital.
Some people hiding under the #EndSARS protest, had last weekend
invaded some government warehouses, including the office of
the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and other private
property and carted away COVID-19 palliatives, seized fake and
expired drugs, and other items.
Briefing journalists on the security situation in the state, the
Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri explained that the arrested
suspects were responsible for the unprecedented vandalization and
theft of public and private properties across the state.
He said that the police also recovered several looted items
including bags of grains, expired drugs, mattresses, bundles
of zinc, computers, air conditioners, water testing machines
and many others, all looted from the NAFDAC office, private and
public warehouses as well as private homes.
According to the commissioner, the command in collaboration with
other sister security agencies has so far dealt decisively with all
acts of lawlessness in the state, adding that all the suspects will
be charged to court.