), has declared that outsiders rather than indigenes caused the security challenges in Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State. Agundu was quoted to have said in Kafanchan at a security meeting with stakeholders that some serving and retired security officers in this area were promoting violence. But Lekwot said that southern Kaduna people lived in different parts of the country and were not known for trouble making, adding, “I think he might have been misquoted. So, I think the newspapers came up with the mischievous headlines to sell their papers.”“More so, part of security officers’ job is maintaining and promoting peace. Lekwot added that the community had continued to promote peaceful coexistence with its neighbours through the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SKPU) for which he was Chairman, Board of Elders.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 03:22 UTC