In an effort to dissuade other local criminals, the Keana Local Government Council in Nasarawa State has promised to go after those responsible for the deaths of an undisclosed number of farmers.
At an emergency meeting held yesterday in the Osokadarko palace with security officers, traditional rulers, other important stakeholders, and representatives of all the ethnic groups in the Kadarko Chiefdom, Sanusi Abdul Giza, the chairman of the council, made the pledge.
He declared that the council will stop at nothing to make sure the murderers of the innocent farmers, who had just been attacked on their farms, were apprehended and brought to book.
He stated that his administration will not impose a curfew in response to the farmers’ deaths, calling it extremely regrettable, unacceptable, and condemnable.
The Local Government chief pledged to find the murderers, but he also acknowledged that the region’s security issues must be addressed.
Giza, who expressed sympathy for the members of the families impacted by the criminal conduct, urged the people to let the government handle the problem rather than taking legal action and exacting personal revenge.
Every ethnic group in the region needs to coexist peacefully and avoid opportunity-seekers who want to cause trouble.
”The local government, along with security agencies, are working out modalities to fish out the bad elements in the locality,” the council boss stated.
Comrade James Ali Manza, the Senior Special Assistant and SA to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Universal Basic Education and Political, as well as Ibrahim Bido, expressed concern over the ugly incident and pledged that the state government would not put up with any act that could lead to dissatisfaction in the state.
In his speech, Mallam Usman Kakunu Dodo, the Osokadarko paramount monarch, called the accusations of land stealing made by a certain ethnic group “pure mischief.”
He clarified that his chieftains and Keana LGA had taken control of the land in question, which had been abandoned for a long time and had become a haven for kidnappers and other criminal elements. After the proper procedures were followed, farmers from various ethnic groups residing in the area were given permission to cultivate a portion of the land.
