The apex socio-cultural forum, Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has described the incessant killings of innocent citizens along the Abuja/Kaduna expressway by bandits as a national shame.
Reacting to the most recent attack by bandits on the road which led to the kidnap of many Nigerians, and murder of former Zamfara State governorship aspirant, the Late Hamidu Sagir, in an issued statement signed by the forums National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, expressed worry that Nigerians on a daily basis are being terrorised, kidnapped, and killed without let on this road.
While saying that the continuous killings of innocent Nigerians on the highway as a national shame, it also said it is completely unacceptable to the Forum.
According to the statement, The latest victim of this act of terror is a retired Director of Protocol at the Federal Capital Development Authority, (FCDA), and a governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Hamidu Sagir, who was shot and killed at Rijana.
“Indeed the Rijana area has become a popular spot where these terrorist attacks are committed on a daily and routine basis.
“This is a challenge that the security agencies must overcome. We are worried that every day Nigerians are attacked at this same spot and our security men seem helpless in sorting out the security problems that make such attacks on the same spot easy.
The government, both the Kaduna and the Federal Government itself which owns the highway appears to be helpless in securing the lives of Nigerians on this road”, the ACF lamented.
We call on both governments to save us from this security nightmare by saving the lives of our innocent citizens.
“We condole with the immediate family of the slain Hamida Sagir and the Zamfara State Government. We pray to Almighty Allah to give them the fortitude to bear the tragedy, the ACF stated.
