We Can’t Breathe! Kaduna women protest naked over persistent killings, reject excuses

WOMEN in their hundreds in Southern Kaduna have taken their grievances the extreme as they protested in the streets naked, to register their displeasure over the recent development.

Some of the protesting women wore black cloths with patches of black all over their bodies in the protest which terminated at the palace of Atak Njei, Agwamatyap Palace (Sarkin Atyap palace) of Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State.

The angry women, who aside protesting naked, cried profusely and rolled themselves on the ground demanding for serious check as well as justice on behalf of their killed loved ones.

According to the protesting women, the continued killings has taken away their bread winners, parents, sisters, brothers, husbands and children, adding that today majority of them are widows while their children rendered fatherless while some orphans.

They also lamented that their farm lands have equally been taken over by their attackers who have denied them access for fear of being killed.

Some said their greatest disappointment was the excuses government gave recently over the persistent insecurity which include reprisal attacks and politically-motivated killings, and called for urgent restraint, otherwise they will remain on the streets naked.

It would be recalled that communities in Zango Kataf local government area have been under series of attack leading to killings of innocent people.

Following the crisis, killings and destruction of properties in the troubled area, Kaduna State government had imposed curfew in the area.

The protesting women said, they are calling on relevant stakeholders, government, security agencies and international community to come to their aides and save them from further killings and destruction of their properties.

“We are also calling on government to assist us in going back to our farms which is our major source of income, but above all to help stop the killings and bring the perpetrators to book”, their speaker said.

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CARL UMEGBORO is a legal practitioner (Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria) and human rights activist. He is an associate of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom). He is a prolific writer, social policy and public affairs analyst. Prior to his call to Bar as a lawyer, he had been a veteran journalist and columnist, and has over 250 published articles in various leading national newspapers to his credit. Barrister Umegboro, a litigation counsel is also a regular guest-analyst at many TV and radio programme on crucial national issues. He can be reached through: (+234) 08023184542, (+234) 08173184542 OR Email: umegborocarl@gmail.com

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