Shehu Sani calls Zamfara mosque attack genocide, decries public silence

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has condemned the bandit attack on a mosque in Zamfara State, which resulted in death and the abduction of worshippers, questioning the widespread silence on the incident.

Mr Sani, who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the 2027 election, expressed outrage over the lack of public condemnation of the tragedy, describing the killings as a genocide that has been largely ignored.

“Bandits reportedly and heinously attacked a mosque in Zamfara. They killed and abducted Muslim worshippers. Why is it that no one is condemning or cursing the bandits for their genocide? Why is it that everyone is ignoring this story?” the former lawmaker queried.

Addressing the frequent religious undertones that often dominate public discourse around insecurity in Nigeria, Mr Sani challenged the notion that armed criminals act in defence of any faith, questioning the religious identity of the attackers.

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“What is the religion of these bandits, if they have any? Have we all run out of anger or run out of tears?”

Mr Sani urged Nigerians across religious and regional divides to abandon partisan or sectarian interpretations of the crisis and recognise terrorism and banditry as existential threats confronting the entire country.

“Can we now begin to reason that bandits and terrorists are common evils to us all?” he stated.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that a supervisor of the APC e-registration exercise, Nasiru Sani, was killed during the early-morning attack on a mosque in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

According to a statement issued by the Zamfara State APC E-Registration Coordinator, Yusuf Idris, the attackers stormed the Lowcost Mosque in Kaura Namoda town on Sunday while congregants were observing the early-morning Subhi (Fajr) prayers.

The statement said Mr Sani was fatally shot during the attack, while an unconfirmed number of other worshippers were abducted by the assailants before they fled the area.