*questions security architecture, wants safe return of Ungwan Gimbiya abductees
By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Following the recent attack by bandits in Ungwan Gimbiya resulting to deaths and abduction of many, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) Youth Wing has urged its people to adopt every legal means of protecting themselves, even if they have to sell their shoes.
This was contained in a statement signed: by SOKAPU National Youth Leader, Com John Isaac, dated December 4, 2021.
“Brethren it is only biblical to sell off your pair of shoes to afford the necessary means of protecting your homes and offspring.
“How then thou goeth to bed with your eyes closed when thou knoweth the devil cometh not just to steal but to destroy. “We urge you all to be vigilant and pro active at this perilous time, avoid keeping late nights and report any suspicious movement to the relevant authorities,” it said.
The Youth wing of the southern Kaduna Peoples union said that it has continued to observe with sadness the unabated sacking of its communities by terrorists disguising as bandits.
“The recent killings of two of our kinsmen and the adoption of countless others at Ungwan Gimbiya in Sabon Tasha, a town within Kaduna metropolis has left us perturbed as to the functionality of our security architecture and the readiness of Government at all levels to tame the rising wave of criminality across the state and the country at large.
“The rate at which criminals now freely go about committing crimes is alarming,” it said.
The Youth Wing condoled immediate families of those who lost their lives as a result of the Ungwan Gimbiya “heartless and barbaric attack.
“We wish to call on the Nigerian police, Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services to as a matter of urgency carry out a rescue operation to ensure the safe return of all the adducted persons.”
They used this medium to challenge the security forces to comb the entire forests surrounding Southern Kaduna. “It is our believe that criminal elements, terrorist groups and Jihadists from the North East have found safe haven within these forest areas,” the statement added.
