Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned today’s assassination of the Etum Numana in Sanga Local Government Area, Alhaji Gambo Makama, and his wife by unknown gunmen.
El-Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, told reporters in Kaduna that the late Etum Numana was a peacemaker who was committed to peace and development in his chiefdom.
He said, “The government commiserates with the immediate family of the royal father and his wife, the people of Numana Chiefdom and the entire Sanga Local Government.
“The government condemns this double murder that was a calculated threat to peace, and a most unfortunate attempt to introduce into the new year a pattern of criminality that needlessly threatens the right of citizens to security, life and liberty.”
He appealed to anyone with useful information on the murder to report such to the relevant security agencies and assured them that the information would be treated with utmost confidentiality.
He added that the government had directed the security agencies to investigate the criminal incident and “bring the assailants to justice”.
The governor appealed to the people of Numana Chiefdom to remain calm and support the security agencies investigating the crime which he said had been threatening the hard-won peace across the Southern Kaduna area of the state.