Why Are Soldiers Not Tackling Fulani Terrorists? – Senator La’ah

La’ah in a statement said; “Information reaching me from around the troubled areas have affirmed that despite the large presence of troops of the Nigeria Army that have been drafted to assist the Police in battling these terrorists, not a single soldier was drafted to assist the police and the local vigilante, in spite of sporadic gun fire that could be heard for kilometers away and throughout the onslaught from Friday Morning to Saturday Morning.”

He said two more people have been killed by the alleged herdsmen and identified them as Ephraim Ezekiel, 19, and Joshua Ladi, 41, occurred after an almost 24-hour gun battle between the terrorists on one hand and the Nigeria police and local vigilante as the Fulani terrorists tried to overrun a village called Tsonje.

“Tsonje is just a stone throw from Kagoro town, in Kaura Local Government Area, Southern part of Kaduna state.

“I have been reliably informed that after the terrorists retreated to their well-known camp behind Pasakori community at the foot of Kagoro mountain, a few kilometers away, two other persons have also been declared missing.

“This is a very sad development. I had earlier praised the Federal Government when these troops were first deployed to Southern Kaduna sometime last week. I had absolute confidence that the Nigeria Army will quickly put an end to this wild and cruel onslaught which have not only ravaged but laid to waste peaceful and law abiding communities; and as I speak, Fulani terrorists are still occupying several villages in Southern Kaduna.

“Instead, I only get reports of soldiers brutalising Southern Kaduna natives; intimidating and threatening our brave young ones with arrest as they lay watch over their communities.

“I am bringing this curious development to the attention of the Nigeria Army authority and to the public to appreciate the grave condition under which parts of my constituency have found themselves.”

The senator explained that communities like Ninte, Akwa, Golgofa, Gada Biyu, Anjul “have already been dominated and inhabited by these terrorists after many of the villagers were killed, the villages plundered before being set ablaze since May last year. “As of Today, the terrorist have moved in to these communities – The unharvested crops of the villagers that have fled, have become food for their cattle.

“Also, Passakori, Mile 1 and Unguwan Missisi all on the ever busy Kagoro-Gidan Waya road in Jema’a LGA has been annexed and are now abodes of the terrorists.”

He expressed regrets that despite the documented killings, “the world has remained silent or has forgotten the killings of persons and the subsequent displacement of communities like‎ Kirim, Zakum, Mayit, Agwom, Zakai Gira, Telak Tunga and Magwot.
Fulani Terrorists have since taken over these villages located strategically on the Attakad hills, in Moroa Chiefdom, Kaura LGA.

“I am making this public to alert the world of a possible re-grouping of Boko Haram Terrorists with Fulani herdsmen terrorists in Southern Kaduna. They are now conquering large swaths of lands, and have now established a base behind Passakori. This was how Boko Haram started in 2009.

“I am appealing especially to the Nigeria military, whose gallant achievements in dislodging Boko Haram terrorist is being praised and hailed Nationwide, to step in and assist the Police.”