Kaduna — The Kaduna state government has recently imposed curfew in Zango Kataf and Kauru local governments due to the escalation of tension in the affected areas.
However, there is uproar by the southern Kaduna people union (SOKAPU) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over what they alleged as ethnic cleansing by the suspected Fulani marauders. These ethnic and religious associations have blamed the Kaduna state government for not doing enough to arrest the situation. The accusation came barely when the executive governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai promised to implement the 1992 Zangon Kataf crises white paper report to a logical conclusion. While Kaduna has been experiencing bandit attacks in recent times, the southern part killings have taken an ethnic and religion colouration. There is no gainsaying the facts that, southern Kaduna killings have predated the El-Rufai administration. The crises are deeply rooted as the result of the claim of land ownership between the predominant Christians majority and the Muslim minority who are tagged as "settlers".
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