Justice Mohammed Lawal Bello, chairman of the commission
The Judicial Commission of Enquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government to investigate the violence that trailed the April elections Tuesday submitted its report. The commission also said there would be lasting peace and stability in the state if its recommendations were implemented.
Submitting the report to Governor Patrick Yakowa at the Government House Kaduna, the chairman of the commission, Justice Mohammed Lawal Bello, also called on the state government to implement the reports and recommendations of past commissions of enquiry that were set up to investigate other crises in the state.
According to him, 90 per cent of the recommendations were from the memoranda submitted to the commission by the people of the state. He said the commission was optimistic, based on its findings, that majority of the people were in support of harmonious co-existence, irrespective of ethnic, religious or political affiliations.
“If the people are not willing to live peacefully, whatever the recommendations of the commission and however beautiful the plans of government, there is little or nothing that can be achieved” he added.
He disclosed that a total of 255 memoranda were received, and said the commission visited all the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps, the emirates and chiefdoms, as well as Jaba, Jema’a, Zangon Kataf, Lere and Birnin Gwari local government areas to ascertain the facts on the ground.
While commending the commission for a job well done, Yakowa said his administration would study the recommendations with a view to implementing them to ensure security, peace and harmony in the state.
He decried the non-implementation of reports of previous commissions of Enquiry and assured the people that his administration would make a difference.
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