- The Kaduna State chapter of CAN calls on residents to protect their communities from bandits and urges the government to act
- Reverend John Hayab emphasizes the need for citizens to proactively establish a community security system to complement government efforts
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged residents of Southern Kaduna and the state to rise and protect their communities from bandits.
According to CAN, people must be responsible for protecting the communities in which they live because security is everyone’s concern.
The CAN State Chairman, Reverend John Hayab, made this call in a statement on Friday in response to the attack on Fadan Kamatan Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Zangon Kataf LGA of the state.
He urged the state governor and all relevant stakeholders to take immediate action to apprehend and prosecute those responsible for the Kamatan Evil Night attack.
It is unacceptable that this kind of unholy activity could be recorded at the heart of Fadan Kamantan community, and the criminals operate unchallenged. It is a slap to the security forces within that jurisdiction, religious leaders, traditional, and community leaders.
The position of CAN Kaduna State Chapter has always been that we as citizens must complement the government in her primary responsibility of saving our lives and properties by proactively building a community security system that prevents any form of invading force into our community, he said.
He praised the state’s current administration for its willingness to offer practical, real, and long-term solutions to its security challenges, as evidenced by the ongoing recruitment of over 7,000 men and women into the Kaduna State Vigilante Services (KADVIS).
Reverend John Hayab reiterated that leaders at all levels in southern Kaduna and Kaduna State must answer the call and take responsibility for the safety of the communities in which they live and lead.
Hayab went on to say how disheartening it was that the attack occurred near the Kaduna-Kafanchan major highway, with a military checkpoint not far from the Parish.
He stated that CAN and all Christians in the state sympathized with the chief shepherd and local ordinary of Kafanchan Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Julius Kundi, the Parish Priest and Parishioners of Kamatan Parish, the Kurama Community of Brother Naam Ngofe Danladi, the leaders and good people of Zangon Kataf LGA and Fadan Kamantan community, and the Seminarian.