Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has told President Muhammadu Buhari that terrorists are creating a parallel government in the state.
In a July memo to the President, El-Rufai said terrorists have infiltrated and dominated communities and formed “a parallel governing authority”.
According to him, they now exercise control over social and economic activities and even dispense justice in their areas of control.
A source close to El-Rufai confirmed that the governor wrote the President over the issue.
The governor further said the terrorists have advanced in their plans to make Kaduna forest areas their “permanent operational base” for the North-west region, citing a “series of intelligence reports.”
El-Rufai said in the memo: “Observed movement patterns and intercepted communications of migrating terrorists have shown a clear interest in setting up a base, with the stretches of forest area between Kaduna and Niger states strongly considered.”
He said the terrorists have promulgated a law to ban residents from participating in next year’s election.
