{
  "id": 16772416,
  "title": "Kaduna: ADC guber candidate blames El-Rufai for insecurity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/kaduna-adc-guber-candidate-blames-el-rufai-for-insecurity",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:47:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/kaduna-adc-guber-candidate-blames-el-rufai-for-insecurity/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kaduna State's ADC gubernatorial candidate, Hon Isa Ashiru, has criticized the Malam Nasir El-Rufai administration for the increase in security issues in the region. Ashiru claims that retrenching many village and district heads by the previous administration has resulted in numerous unmanaged regions.\n\nAccording to Ashiru, \"When the APC government came, they retrenched so many village heads and district heads. They left these places ungoverned.\" He elaborates that the communication channels between these leaders have been disrupted, making it difficult for information to reach the Governor and Security Council.\n\nThe APC's move to revert to 77 districts and 1,429 village units, effectively dismissing the 313 district heads and 4,453 village heads appointed by the previous administration, is to blame for the current state of insecurity.\n\nAshiru pledges to reinvolve traditional rulers in governance and provide security agencies with necessary support, including operational vehicles and incentives. He also plans to use Artificial Intelligence to tackle the sophisticated nature of the security industry, which has seen a rise in ransom payments.\n\nAshiru is confident that these measures, coupled with the reinstatement of retrenched traditional rulers, will significantly reduce or even eliminate the security problems plaguing Kaduna State.",
  "summary": "The Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Hon Isa Ashiru, has blamed the Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s administration for the escalation of insecurity in Kaduna State. Speaking in an interview with Trust TV on Tuesday, Hon Ashiru attributed the insecurity in Kaduna State to retrenchment of many Traditional rulers by the previous administration, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}