In a move to quell the Southern Kaduna crisis, the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday held a successful peace and reconciliation summit.
The peace deal was reached during a meeting between the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in the area.
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The summit appreciated the government for deploying security forces and commended youths from the various communities for agreeing not to mount roadblocks anywhere in the chiefdom.
The meeting, held under the auspices of His Highness, the Agwatyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya, brought together the three communities in a peace summit held at the Mariyamu and Yakubu Event Centre in Ungwan Wakili.
The communique issued after the meeting was signed by representatives of the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities, the co-chairs and His Highness the Agwatyap.
In a 14-point, resolution, the summit called on all residents of Atyap Chiefdom not to take laws into their hands and instead submit all grievances to the lawful authorities.
