The Ruruma community in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna state has appealed to the federal government to establish a military base in Kwassam to halt incessant killings and abductions of the people by bandits there.
The community made the appeal on Sunday in a press statement signed by its national president, Mr. Daniel Dallah Peace, and made available to newsmen.
Mr Dallah Peace emphasised the need for a military base in the area to ensure prompt action to help restore security and protect lives and properties in the area, revealing that one of their own, a CBN director, was once abducted in the area, and N300 million was paid as ransom.
Dalla stressed that a military base in Kwassam would also help restore normalcy in the surrounding vulnerable communities that have been displaced over the years, explaining that at least N1billion has so far been paid as ransom by the vulnerable communities where 13 people were gruesomely killed, and over 200 taken captive in the space of 4 months.
“The Military formation in Kwassam will enable the communities that have been displaced to return to their ancestral land where they have their farms and farm produce. Currently, our traditional leader, Chief Dauda Abdulsalam, the Pugom Kumana, for some years, has not been at home because of the attempt made on his life by the bandits.
“Also, communities like Fagen rawa, Kaibi, Kusheka, Fadan Ruruma, Rafin rimi, Kitimi, Kakude, and Kiwollo have all been affected by the kidnappings and killings while many residents of these communities have to relocate to neighboring communities for fear of being kidnapped or killed,” Dallah stated.
The president wondered why the executive chairman of Kauru local government area who is also the chief security officer of people, completely exempted Kwassam and surrounding vulnerable communities in Kumana chiefdom from his security reports presented to the G O C 3rd Division Jos.