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Kaduna killings: We won’t negotiate with bandits, el-Rufai vows

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Governor Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday, said his administration will not negotiate with bandits over killings in Kaduna State.

WuzupNigeria reports that bandits had attacked six villages at the weekend, killing more than 50 persons.

The casualty figure were the ones given by locals where the bandits wreak havoc on Sunday.

The governor, who visited the two local government areas – Igabi and Giwa LGAs, on-the-spot assessment of damages caused to the affected communities on Monday, also vowed never to negotiate with bandits.

The communities visited by the governor include Kerewa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, Gidan Musa Saidu, among others.

El-Rufai noted that but for troops of the Nigerian Army and Air Force launched offensive attacks against the bandits, the situation would have been worse.

He also praised the gallantry of the troops both on ground and air, saying that rather than to negotiate with bandits, the gunmen should be eliminated once they were “identified.”

while addressing the families of those who lost their beloved ones, the governor assured them that their attackers would be apprehended and made to face the full weight of the law of the land.

The locals told the governor that the bandits invaded the villages in their large numbers in the early hours of Sunday.

According to them, they were well-armed, adding that those killed have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

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