Information available to 247ureports indicates
that the ongoing Jihadist violent incursion into the Christian communities in
Kaduna maybe far from over. This is as available information indicates that the
military men from Division One moved into the Kafanchan
communities late Friday
[October 4, 2013] night following a tipoff that a group of Jihadist believed
attached to the Emir of Jam’a – Emir Mohammed – had begun broad campaign for
arms acquisition.
According to the information received from within
the military ranks, a tipoff was received via intelligent agents stationed in
the area – of the arms depot being assembled by a Jihadist group believed to be
attached to the dreaded Boko Haram. In addition to the cache of weapons being
assembled, it was gathered that the Emirate council had already employed
foreign experts in the use of the weapons to train the local youths on the use
of the weapon and on the act of terrorism. The foreigners are believed to be
attached with the Iranian funded Hezbollah from Lebanon.
The security source revealed that 15 Toyota Hilux
Vans along with other security personnel swooped in the Kafanchan area to
conduct house to house search beginning from 9pm last night. The source
explained that the Military had received intelligence that an attack on the
immediate surrounding Christian communities appeared imminent. According to the
source, the security report appeared credible.
It was further revealed that the immediate area
surrounding the Emir’s palace had been known to experience a hot spot of
violent activities during religious crisis. He pointed to the violent crisis
that followed the presidential polls of 2011 as a case point. He revealed that
the entire home/residences near the Emir’s palace belonging to non-Muslims were
burnt and destroyed completely by ‘Jihadist thugs’ believed to be attacked to
the Emir.
Immediately following the 2011 attack on the nearby
Christian communities, the source explained that the emissaries from the Emir’s
palace approved the Christian owners of the destroyed property – with an offer
to purchase the properties. But the Christian home owners who believed the
Emir’s offer to be a ploy to move them away from the area – refused to accept
the offer to sell their homes to the Emir’s people. And although the owners of
the home are yet to return to their homes, they retain ownership of the homes.
The pointed to the recent imposition of a curfew in
Southern Kaduna community of Kafanchan as only benefiting the Jihadist elements
operating within the Kafanchan axis. He pointed to the ‘silent’ destruction of
a Methodist Church located near the Emir’s palace as another case point. He
explained that following the imposition of the dusk till dawn curfew, the
Jihadist elements moved in quietly into the Church building to destroy the
pews, worship alter, windows, doors and other items inside the Church. He
stated that the Jihadist elements smartly avoided lighting the Church on fire
so as to avoid alerting the attention of the security forces stationed near the
area.
Further investigation by 247ureports.com into the
nature of weapons being amassed by the Jihadist elements in Kafachan revealed
that sophisticated weapons are believed to have been smuggled into the area
near the Emir’s Palace. The high sophistry of the weapon is believed to be
based on the reason that the Jihadist appeared heavily outnumbered in the
Kafanchan area by non-Muslims – and thus – may require highly sophisticated
weapons to stand a chance at a face to face attack against the non-Muslims in
the area. A military officer who is stationed in the area told our
correspondent that the Jihadist elements in the area intends to “chase away
non-Muslims, take over their properties” and continue the spread of their
Jihadist doctrine to larger geographical area.
A community youth leader in Southern Kaduna who
chose not to have his name mentioned shared his views with 247ureports.com. He
explained that the non-Muslims in Southern Kaduna are ready to face the
Jihadist elements themselves, if left alone to fight them. He lamented the
imposition security forces as being counter-productive because whenever the
Jihadist elements attack first, the non-Muslims do not get the chance to
respond to the attack before the military arrives. “They always attack first
and when we organize to retaliate, the military stops us”.
As at press time, the result of the house to house
search by the military was not known. The search is said to still be ongoing.
- - 247UREPORTS
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