Buhari welcomed by a girl and Governor of Kaduna State Nadir El-Rufai as the President arrives Kaduna to meet religious leaders. Credit/The Guardian

Buhari welcomed by a girl and Governor of Kaduna State Nadir El-Rufai as the President arrives Kaduna to meet religious leaders. Credit/The Guardian

 

Buhari in Kaduna over prolonged deadly crisis

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Kaduna State for a meeting with religious and traditional rulers in the state over the crisis that has bedevilled the state which led to a curfew imposed by Governor Nasir El- Rufai.

The President arrived the Nigerian Airforce Base (NAF), Kaduna around 10.10am in a presidential aircraft and is already on his way to the Murtala Square, the venue of the meeting.

Along with the president are the NSA, DG DSS, IGP, Minister of Finance, Kaduna State Police Commissioner among others who were received by the governor

At the venue are the Emir of Zazzau, Dr. Shehu Idris, Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, Most Reverend, Mathew Man-oso Ndagoso and Secretary General of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI), Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu.

Among other clerics at the venue are Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop George Jonathan Dodo, founder of the Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation of Nigeria, Pastor Yohanna Y.D. Buru.

The Paramount ruler, Agom Adara, Maiwada Galadima was killed by kidnappers last weekend.

The 24 hours curfew imposed on the state following the crisis was only reviewed on Sunday to 6.am to 5.pm. The Guardian

Editorial Chief, Nigerian Bureau

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