By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
Locals in Brinin-Gwari town in Kaduna State have said that fleeing terrorists from neighbouring state, Zamfara encircled the town on Thursday night and abducted many residents of the community.
A source told New Nigerian that the sad event happened at Gobirawa area of Birnin-Gwari main town close to NTA Birnin-Gwari, saying that not more than 500 metres to the Air Force field base.
The Birnin-Gwari Local Government Council chairman, Abdullahi Ibrahim Muhammad Amir, has since issued a warning to the residents of the area to restrict movement in the entire Birnin-Gwari Emirate.
In a widely publicised message, the council chairman warned that after a meeting with the Emirate Council and security agencies in the area, all movements whether on foot; bike or any kind of vehicle is not allowed from 8.30pm in the emirate.
Alhaji Zubair Abdurra’uf, the Danmasanin Birnin-Gwari and former Managing Director of the Kaduna State Media Corporation, told newsmen on Friday night, “when I said early this month that terrorists were closing in on Birnin-Gwari, many people did not believe me.”
He explained that now the terrorists have the audacity to enter the main town of Birnin-Gwari and carry out their evil act, saying that he believes the government has been paying lip service to the issue of security in Birnin-Gwari.
He said that if the government is serious about insecurity, the government should come and have a kind of security summit in Birnin-Gwari, discuss issues and strategies, not for public consumption but to bring solutions to the security challenges in the area.
He lamented that at the moment, nobody can go to farm in Birnin-Gwari, particularly the central part, saying that nobody has gone to either clear the farm or even to attempt to do the early planting because the terrorists have taken over most of the farmlands.
Zubair expressed hope that government would do something in these last few days, that would enable the people of Birnin-Gwari to conduct their activities peacefully.
He noted that the local government council has taken drastic measures in imposing a kind of curfew on Birnin-Gwari, hoping that the government would do everything possible to overcome the bad situation between now and Monday, when the incumbent administration would be handing over.
