…Say it‘ll take over 100 years for region to recover
Northern elders have alleged that the region is under siege by Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to device a new approach in restoring peace in the troubled area, as according to them, the situation has grounded all educational, economic and socio-political activities.
Reiterating their position yesterday, under the auspices of ‘Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development’, the elders claimed that it would take the region over a hundred years to recover from destruction, killings and trauma associated with the insecurity in the region, even if the development was brought under total control now.
The elders, who claimed that the ugly situation was being under-reported by the media, reiterated their call on President Buhari to as a matter of urgency sack the Service Chiefs and totally restructure the nation’s security architecture.
In the statement, signed by their National Coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni, the Coalition insisted that it was time for the president to relieve the nation’s security heads and try new hands, since according to them the situation in the region was not getting any better.
The group threatened to mobilise Nigerians from other parts of the country against the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in the 2023 general elections if their demands for the administration to stop the killings in their region through adoption of new approach was ignored.
