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From Fred Itua, Abuja
A leading and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has condemned the killing of a prominent Islamic scholar, Imam Abubakar Hassan Mada in Mada Town, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Tuesday, allegedly by members of the state-owned Community Protection Guards (CPG).
Community leaders and credible witnesses said the cleric was slaughtered on Tuesday around 7 pm by members of the CPG, a few metres away from Mada Town.
Last month, Alhaji Magaji Lawali, an associate of Senator Marafa was killed by members of the CPG. The dust over the killing of Magaji Lawali is yet to settle as his family members are seeking a probe.
Marafa, in a statement on Wednesday, described the act as the peak of inhumanity against fellow human beings, calling for a thorough probe.
Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District (2011 -2019), condoled the immediate family of the slain cleric, the Jama’atu izalatul Bidi’a (Jibwis) National leader Alhaji Bala Lau and their followers
” I call on the Zamfara State Government to come out clean out of these atrocities that are being committed by the members of the Community Protection Guards (CPG).
” If they are not acting the script of the state government to wipe out members of the opposition party, the state government should as a matter of urgency arrest and commence an open, thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances that led to the brutal murder of Alh Magaji Lawali and now Imam Abubakar Hassan Mada.
” When the government launched the CPG, we all rallied around it, given our commitment to address the insecurity challenges facing our state, but in recent times, it seems the security outfit was put together for a reason, other than to tackle the insecurity in our beloved state. One after the other, the guards are going after innocent citizens in the state. Their offence is that they belong to another political party. This is not acceptable,” he said.
