Nigeria: Execute Lekwot, Others to End Southern Kaduna Killings, Islamic Group Tells Govt

14 August 2020

The Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria (SCSN) yesterday attributed the incessant killings in the Southern part of the state to the failure of the government to execute Maj. Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd) and others sentenced to death over the 1992 Zango-Kataf riot.

This is coming as Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has reviewed the 24-hour curfew in two of the four Local Government Areas in the Southern part of the state.

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