…Demands urgent action
Kebbi state branch of the Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has condemned a recent attack by armed bandits which claimed the lives of fifteen farmers.
The State coordinator, Comrade Mansur Isah Guruza, in an interview with in Birnin-Kebbi on Monday, said that they are confused, because according to them, what the government is saying in the media is different from the reality on ground, going by the privilege information they are getting directly from the victims which is very devastating.
The group maintained that Government and the security agencies fighting banditry must scale-up efforts to contain the escalation of attacks and kidnapping in the state, adding that “it is either the Government is not doing enough, or the security forces at the battlefield lack advanced weapons or modern techniques in the fight against banditry”.
The CNG urged the State and the Federal Government to better equip the security agencies to ensure the safety of Nigerians and the people of Kebbi who are ravaged by intermittent attacks by armed groups. “We wonder why electoral materials can reach remote villages, but the same villages cannot be secured by the Government. It is really disturbing to say the least”, he added.
On mandatory voting being planned by the 10th National Assembly, the group described the lawmakers as ‘confused persons’, who don’t know what Nigerians need now, saying instead of paying attention to insecurity, galloping inflation, unemployment and poor education they are busy trying to trample on the rights of Nigerians. “We urge them to hold town hall meetings with their constituents in order to identify their demands and work towards meeting them not wasting energy on a paltry issue”, he stated.
While condemning the recent abduction of Christian worshippers in the same Kebbi-South, the group called for immediate rescue of the victims and bring the perpetrators to justice. “We share the grief with parents of the abducted worshippers and reject it completely”, the group concluded.
