The Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai yesterday laid the foundation stone for the building of a military barracks in Kafanchan in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
This is in fulfilment of the federal government’s promise to establish two military formations in Southern Kaduna to ensure security in the area.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai said his government will fish out those behind the Southern Kaduna killings and make sure they go to prison.
He said the recent unrest in Southern Kaduna was the 11th in series since 1980, but lamented that nobody has been prosecuted either for the killings or destruction of property.
He however vowed that the crisis will cease to occur, as his government would ensure that those behind the recent incidents go to the prison.
The governor said the state government will from Monday start the process of giving the Army land title, saying he was determined to give the army a structure to start their operations before the completion of the barracks.
Performing the foundation laying ceremony, Buratai said the setting up of military formation in the area would consolidate the peace process that had already started in the area.
The General Officer Commanding, 1 Mechanised Division, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, in his speech said since the presidential approval for the setting up of military formations, the Army has been looking for a suitable land to establish a battalion in Kafanchan.
