Mallam Nasir El Rufai Sowed The Seed Of Discord In Southern Kaduna—Former Military General

<h4>Mallam Nasir El Rufai Sowed The Seed Of Discord<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the southern part of Kaduna State which has become the epicentre of deadly violence&comma; most of it inflicted by herdsmen on farming communities&comma; came up for a review Tuesday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on Arise TV&comma; Major General Zamani Lekwot&comma; retd &comma; said the crises that have bedevilled southern Kaduna especially in recent past were principally fuelled by Mallam Nasir El-Rufai&comma; immediate past governor of the State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the retired General&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mallam Nasir El-Rufai planted the seed of discord in Kaduna State&period; There was peace in southern kaduna until Mallam Nasir El Rufai came as a governor of the State in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He used the bandits to win election in 2015&period; He left the state more divided on ethnic and tribal lines&period; Since he left&comma; peace is gradually returning to Southern Kaduna and Kaduna State in general&comma; the general stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that there have been issues of land disputes&comma; kidnappings and killings over the years&comma; with the community leaders pointing accusing fingers against one another&comma; leading to the escalation of violence in recent times in Atyap chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Significantly&comma; on 15 May 1992 violence erupted between the mainly Moslem Hausa and mainly Christian Atyap communities of the Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State over trading and land ownership rights&comma; with many deaths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nairaland&period;com&sol;">A tribunal set up by the Babangida government sentenced Lekwot and 16 others to death for alleged complicity in the killings&comma; sentences eventually reduced to a short gaol sentence&period; <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was said that his sentence was due to his feud with Babangida&period; He was assisted in his prolonged battle to avoid execution by Barrister &comma; Colonel Yohanna A&period; Madaki&period; By December 1995&comma; Lekwot had received a state pardon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22902" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22902" style&equals;"width&colon; 247px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22902" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Zamani-Lekwot-247x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mallam Nasir El Rufai Sowed The Seed Of Discord In Southern Kaduna---Former Military General" width&equals;"247" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22902" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>General Zamani Lekwot<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;