…Issues 14-day ultimatum
Northern youths have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) over the massive killings and raiding of communities in the northern region by bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, ISWAP and other terrorist groups rampaging the region.
The group, a coalition of Northern Youth Groups under the aegis of the Northern Ethnic Group Assembly, (NEYGA), in the statement issued yesterday by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Dan-Musa, said the call has become pertinent following worsening insecurity in the North.
The coalition further decried the persistent killings that have strikingly affected the northern region and its economy and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to decisively tackle the continued insecurity bedevilling the region.
The group also issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to stop the killings in the North, warning that it would be left with no option other than to mobilise its citizens for a protest until the government is completely shut down.
“The group is saying ‘enough is enough’ and an end must be put to the mindless killings of our people, particularly in the villages, as well as the nonchalant attitude displayed by government and its agencies against the plights of people inhabiting the northern region, which is going through a horrific experience in the hands of criminals that is holding the North and its economy hostage.
In a related development, Northern elders, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, (CNEPD), had earlier called for the removal of the NSA following the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA), Kaduna by bandits in August.
