Kaduna monarch to subjects: Don’t be killed like fools… defend yourselves - Risingsuntv

Zubairu Gwari, emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state,
has asked his subjects to defend themselves against
suspected bandits invading their communities.

One of the 23 local government areas in Kaduna, Birinin
Gwari has recorded a high level of insecurity in recent
times.

It was in the area that 11 soldiers were killed earlier in
the month.

In an interview with Daily Trust , the first class
traditional ruler said he asked his subjects not to
“behave like fools” and get killed.



“A month ago, in one area called Anguwan Gajere, the
bandits attacked a village, and the villagers fought
back, in the process they killed more bandits than the
people of the town,” he said.

“All of a sudden, we were told that the people who
came were Fulani men, and Miyetti Allah was in the
vanguard of protecting them.

What we have been
preaching to our people is that they should not sit
down like fools and watch themselves and their
families get killed. If you can do anything to protect
yourselves, protect yourself. I will repeat it in front of
anybody.

“We can’t be fools to wait for somebody that will not
come. Nobody can stop me from telling my people to
protect themselves. And that is what we are doing
now because the policemen that are in Birnin Gwari
cannot protect.

The soldiers that are being brought
come and sometimes make matters worse. I am also
appealing to the president to come and see things for
himself, because we are also Nigerians.”

The emir said his people are living in hell adding that
the activities of the suspects have stunted all
development activities in the area.
“We have been standing up against these people,
fighting them in the hope that it would end, all to no
avail,” he said.

” I must say that the Kaduna state government,
particularly this present governor, has done his best,
and I believe he is still doing so, but I think when you
say somebody is doing his best, maybe their best is not
enough.

That is why, when they do something, it would
look like they are succeeding, but then, eventually, the
bandits find a way to unleash terror on us.”
Gwari’s call comes a week after Theophilus Danjuma, a
retired army general, called on Nigerians to defend
themselves against killers.

The statement of the elder statesman sparked a wave
of criticism.