The Labour Party governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Jonathan Asake, on Sunday challenged Governor Nasir El-Rufai, to halt the renewed attacks in the Southern part of the state.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits had last week killed an unspecified number of people in some communities in the area.
In a statement issued by his media aide, James Swam, the LP candidate regretted the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state to protect the lives and property of its citizens.