By Abdallah el-Kurebe
Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai has charged residents of Kasuwan Magani to shun violence and live in peace.
He gave the admonition Friday when he visited Kasuwan Magani, following the violent clashes that occurred in the town on Thursday.
Advising the residents to live in harmony, despite the diversity of their community, El-Rufai assured residents of the community that government would act in the interest of peace and harmony by prosecuting those responsible for the violence.
The State government had imposed a 24-hour curfew in Kasuwan Magani to contain the outbreak of violence Thursday.
The governor led as team of senior government officials to Kasuwan Magani around 4pm and immediately received briefings from the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Abdurahaman.
After a tour of the town accompanied by traditional and religious leaders, the governor interacted with the leaderships of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) in Kajuru local government area.
“We are here to see and to listen for ourselves. We must live in peace and never use violence to solve a problem. We are not happy with this and government will pursue and punish those responsible for this devilish act.
“We must value the sanctity of life. I want to beg you to cooperate with the security agencies because prosecution of conflict entrepreneurs is inevitable. I will come back in one week time to see how things are,” the governor stressed.
