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66 people weren’t killed in Kaduna, Governor El-Rufai is just playing politics with l - Edoman - 08-07-2019 66 people weren’t killed in Kaduna, Governor El-Rufai is just playing politics with lives - Human rights lawyer, Chidi Odinkalu Chidi Odinkalu, human rights lawyer, has described as false, the statement from the Kaduna state government that 66 people were killed in attacks on Kajuru local government area of the state. Samuel Aruawan, spokesman of Nasir el-Rufai, had said the killings reportedly took place in eight settlements across the local government area. El-Rufai also confirmed the incident saying, “report of the killing of about 66 Fulanis in Maro, Kajuru local government, is quite tragic. These deliberate killings are designed to attract reprisals and destabilise that local government during the election. But the security agencies are containing the situation and I’ll be also visiting to also calm down afraid nerves and some arrests have been made already.” The governor’s comment, made on the eve of the rescheduled elections, was received with criticism, with many describing it as inciting. Speaking during a programme on Channels Television, Odinkalu accused el-Rufai of lying about the number of casualties and the timing of the attacks. According to him, while killings were recorded in the Kajuru last week, the casualties were not more than 11. He said he contacted many sources in the state, including residents, traditional and religious rulers and nobody confirmed the incident resulting in 66 deaths. Quote:“That story, if you noticed, that story was broken by the Kaduna state governor with his publicist, Muyiwa Adekeye standing by his shoulder. No police officer, no SSS officer, no security person in the vicinity and he was throwing out words that were calculated to be very incendiary on the eve of very difficult elections about a location that is very difficult and has had historical problems of violence across communities.The lawyer asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay close attention to the comments of politicians in the election period. “And INEC has got to deal with this kind of reality. It is not just logistics. It is politicians with all manners of design and I think it is important as we deal with the story of this question of postponement, to begin to call out politicians to order,” he said. Quote:“You cannot on the eve of a very difficult election, stand by yourself with your publicist, and be talking about the killing of 66 people of one ethnic group and be talking about it with a celebratory air, that is beyond irresponsible.by Li |