Kaduna state government officials say terrorism, banditry and other violent crimes in the stat have led to the death of at least 440 citizens while 1,789 others have been kidnapped within the last six months.
This was revealed by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan while presenting the security report for the second and third quarter to the Kaduna state security council on Friday.
The report reveals that Kaduna central senatorial zone has been the most affected with Chikun, igabi, Kajuru local councils accounting for 60 percent
of deaths recorded and 70 percent of kidnappings.
On the success recorded by the security forces Mr Aruwan revealed that the terrorists who attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy in 2021 have been killed together with at least 168 other notorious bandits within the period under review.
He also revealed that security forces in October recovered at least 27 bags of fertilizer after raiding a notorious bandit camp in Kaduna.
According to him the bags of fertilizer were meant to be used by bandits to manufacture Improvised Explosive devices (IED’s).
The release of this report is coming barely 24 hours after a landmine explosion killed 2 killed at least two citizens in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state.
Security operatives who spoke on the explosion said they suspected that it must have been planted by terrorists.
The incident occurred at around 2:00pm in the Zango Tofa general area on Thursday.
Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state internal security commissioner, explained that the victims were transporting harvested farm produce when their vehicles drove over the landmine.
This report coming in will make grim reading for the Kaduna State government and the Federal government represented at the occasion by the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, and is also an indication that a lot more needs to be done to address the insecurity in the State and Nigeria in general.
