Southern Kaduna Attacks: HURIWA Petitions Trump, Pope To Prevail On Buhari, El-Rufai

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, is to petition President Donald Trump and Pope Francis over  what its described as well-coordinated attacks against Christians in Southern Kaduna.

HURIWA said it is hoping that the two global leaders would prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to act against the genocidal killings of Christians domiciled in  Southern Kaduna.

The group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, in a statement, noted that it resolved on this course of action due to what it described as the laissez faire treatment of the situation by the federal and Kaduna State administrations.

The group’s action was sequel to the recent attack on seminarians’ living quarters in Kaduna.

HURIWA noted: “On the last count virtually all major Christian denominations in Kaduna state have witnessed dozens of attacks just as dozens of Pastors have died in the cause of these targeted armed invasions and kidnapping. We are not accusing the Kaduna state government of involvement but we are worried about the conspiratorial silence to these series of attacks.

“We have consistently asked the politicians of Kaduna state to respect section 14(3) of the constitution which obliges the appointments of all ethno-religious community members into strategic offices but in 2019 election, the governor made sure only Moslems are railroaded into the offices of governor, deputy and even the office of Speaker of the State House of Assembly is occupied by a Moslem.

“This is the fuel that has ignited widespread mistreatment of Christians. The incessant attacks by armed Islamists targeting only Pastors, Christian schools and clerics of Christian denomination have become a national emergency.

“Sadly, the Kaduna State Government and the office of the Nigerian President are deeply entrenched in the selective appointments of mostly Moslems as holders of virtually all strategic positions thus neglecting the other key constituents who are Christians and atheists including worshippers of African traditional religion.

“The recent kidnapping of senior seminarians of the Catholic Church in Kaduna state is one of such widespread well-coordinated attacks.

“The four seminarians, between the ages of 18 and 23, were abducted Wednesday night from their seminary in Kaduna, in northwestern Nigeria.

“Pius Kanwai, 19; Peter Umenukor, 23; Stephen Amos, 23; and Michael Nnadi, 18, were taken from Good Shepherd Seminary in Kaduna, around 10:30 pm on January 8 by gunmen. Police are searching for the four young men.”

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