• Arewa leaders, Fani-Kayode condemn killing of Adamawa CAN chairman, Southern Kaduna carnage• Again, Balarabe replies Soyinka, S’West leaders on AmotekunOperatives of the Kaduna State Police command have confirmed that they rescued 11 kidnapped victims at Mararaban Jos, saying the victims were freed during a gun battle with the gunmen in which some bandits were killed. In a statement, the Kaduna State Police Command said in it effort to curtail banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes, it succeeded in foiling a kidnapping incidence, shot some suspected bandits and rescued the 11 victims unhurt. “This dastardly act of the abductors was barbaric, despicable and should be condemned by all peace loving Nigerians,” he said. He told the newly elected President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Jonathan Asake and the other officials who visited him at his Abuja residence, that it was unfortunate that despite the attacks and killings of Southern Kaduna people, the Federal Government was yet to find a solution to the menace. Meanwhile, former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said that those who are criticising his opposition of the creation Operation Amotekun were not committed to a united Nigeria.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2020 04:07 UTC