- As thugs disrupt Kaduna security summit
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) says its State chapters have started trekking to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari, in protest against the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
Speaking with newsmen yesterday, the CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said that his members would storm the President’s residence today and remain there till the missing students were rescued.
“The Kano CNG will take-off from Danbatta, in solidarity with the Katsina chapter, to link up with the Jigawa contingent at Kazaure, from where they will join the Kano team at Mashi and proceed on the great trek to Daura for the long wait in front of Buhari’s country home”..
The group also slammed President Buhari for not visiting the affected school, despite being in the State for a private visit.
The spokesperson also said the group was pained by the renewed onslaught by bandits on northerners, saying, “The daring kidnap of hundreds of school children in Katsina only goes to confirm the series of warnings raised by the CNG that thousands of our fellow citizens in the north have virtually been abandoned to armed criminals and a vicious insurgency”.
Meanwhile, officials of the CNG in Kaduna were yesterday attacked by thugs wielding dangerous weapons at the Arewa House, where they were holding a security summit.
According to Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in a statement, even the security guards had to run for their lives, saying, “It is quite obvious now that some powerful forces are benefiting from the current security situation and would do everything for it to continue.
“We are now all the more committed to ensuring the safety and security of the North and its people”, it stated.
