By Rev. Fr. John Mark Cheitnum
We are for the first time in the history of Kaduna, unfortunate to have a governor who speaks from both sides of the mouth. A governor who tell lies with impunity. A governor who takes pleasure in seeing a section of his citizens being KiIIed. A governor who speaks for terrorists and pay them money to buy more weapons. A governor who neither fear God nor Man. A governor whose political ambition is worth more than the lives of people. Let us have the record straight.
The governor in his last interview on the Channels Television made some funny but terrible black lies against the land and people of Southern Kaduna.
First among many is the lies that Southern Kaduna people have driven away all Yorubas and Igbos out of Southern Kaduna because of their violent nature. Anyone who cares to know or come down to Southern Kaduna would believe that their is a significant number of all the major tribes present in SK.
Mr. Governor who is a notorious liar lied to the whole world that the longest road construction in his regime is in SK. For the record, the road Elrufai is claiming is the road from Zonkwa leading to and behind throne room; a 16km road for that matter as against 76km road in the North.
Long History of Crisis in Southern Kaduna: Yes, the governor claimed that Southern Kaduna has a long history of crisis. This is partly true but who is the cause? There was the Kasuwa Magani Crisis in the 1980 caused by the hausa Fulani. The Kafanchan College of Education crisis of 1987 caused by the hausa students protesters against Christians having conference. The Zango kataf riot of 1992 was also caused by the hausa Fulani in trying to overturn and overrun the Katafs. As usual the Kataf defended themselves and the oppressors/aggressors cried foul. All other previous crises have been caused by the hausa Fulani. The 2011 post election crisis was fueled by General Buhari's statement and was carried out by the hausa foot soldiers even in Kafanchan. For the records, if you enter the hausa settlement today in Kafanchan, you will see houses of Christians that were burnt down during the crisis still there. No hausa house was burnt, if any, it was burnt by the hausas themselves to justify their burning of Christian houses.
Religious Leaders
Fueling Crisis in SK: On this I will call on Harvard University to strips the governor of whatever certificate he acquired from there. He is not and cannot represent Harvard University. On the 3rd December 2016, the governor told the world that he paid the Fulani to stop kiIIings in Southern Kaduna. Again the governor later changed the narrative as that of payment was not received with joy to that farmers-herders conflicts. Today, it is the Clergy men who are Fueling the crisis so that he can continue to pay Fulani militia to stop the kiIIings? Is there any logic in this? Was my governor under a spell or he took something....?
One is forced to ask if our governor really went to school or is it the blood of the innocent Southern Kaduna tormenting him to speak like IGP Idris?
Southern Kaduna people everywhere in Nigeria and abroad live in peace with their neighbours and are never known for any evil or mischief? It is only in Southern Kaduna that the people of SK can't sleep with their eyes closed because some people including foreigners want to take over their land. Why does the governor wants Southern Kaduna to vacates their ancestral lands so that his fulani militia can occupy?
The governor should be reminded that he can't fight the people God has chosen as His own. No one can battle with the Lord. Elrufai should ask Germany how million Jews were kiIIed and how many Jews do we have today?
The governor should fear God if he does not fear anyone.