By Mandy Park
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has vowed to eliminate all those behind the insecurity in Kaduna State if voted as president.
Tinubu made the pledge during the flag-off of the North West presidential campaign held in Kaduna.
Said Tinubu “Insha Allah, all those trouble makers: violent kidnappers, killers, all trouble makers who are disturbing the security of Kaduna, I assure you we will eliminate them,”
Tinubu told thousands of supporters who thronged the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, the venue of the rally that Kaduna State and other northern states have been under siege by bandits who continue to kidnap for ransom, promising that he will put a stop to the menace.
Under President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, Kaduna and other northern states have been under the siege of bandits who continue to kidnap for ransom, notably school children, forcing schools’ closure at some point.
Recall that in March, an Abuja-Kaduna train was bombed by bandits, with eight killed and over 40 passengers kidnapped. Some of the victims regained their freedom three months later after paying huge ransom.
Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home affairs, in November, reported that 446 persons have been killed in different attacks in the past six months in Kaduna State.
