The Northern States Christian
Elders Forum, NOSCEF, has observed with dismay that the justification of the
attacks by suspected Fulani militias in Southern Kaduna referred as reprisals
by the federal and Kaduna State Governments can only embolden the attackers to
continue to unleash mayhem on the people.
NOSCEF, however, described the
attacks as mindless killings and the destruction of properties in communities
in the Southern part of Kaduna State have continued unabated for too long
without the authorities doing enough to stop it.
The chairman, Northern States
Christian Elders Forum, Engr. Ejoga Inalegwu, in a statement, observed that,
“In the last one week alone, reports show that over 60 people were killed by
rampaging Fulani herdsmen who invaded communities in Kauru, Zangon Kataf,
Kaura, Kajuru and Jema’a local governments in the Southern part of Kaduna and
unleashed terror on the people.
“Thousands of people have been
displaced and in various refugee camps. Sadly, the response of both the Kaduna
State and the federal governments to these attacks have been far from
satisfactory, with the people in perpetual fear of fresh attacks.
“The unbecoming justification of
the attacks as reprisals statements by the federal and state agencies can only
embolden the attackers to continue to unleash mayhem on the people.”
NOSCEF, therefore, condemned the
massacres and called on the state and federal governments to heed the cries of
the people.
The forum expressed displeasure
that the security situation across the country has continued to deteriorate as
criminals terrorise Nigerians in their homes and on the highways unabated,
while calling on President Muhammadu Buhari, to rejig the nation’s security
architecture to effectively tackle the insecurity in the country.
“We are deeply saddened that
while the Service Chiefs, who have failed in their duty to secure the nation,
were reporting ‘wonderful successes’ in their North West campaign against
banditry to the President, Christian communities were being attacked and killed
in Southern Kaduna, as if Southern Kaduna are not part of the North West,” the
forum explained.
Again, a few days back, according
to the forum, the Chief of Army Staff, was reporting ‘another successful
outing’ in the nation, positing that farmers can now go to their farms
unhindered by herdsmen attacks and banditry, when there was intensified attacks
against Christian communities in the same Southern Kaduna.
The forum noted that Nigerians
have become helpless and lost confidence in the ability of the current security
set up to protect them, stressing that the President must rise to the occasion
and restore hope in the people against the growing insecurity in the land.
“There can be no justification
for this continuous wanton destruction of lives and property in Southern Kaduna
in particular and across the nation generally,” the forum warned.
It noted that it is immoral and
unacceptable for government to leave a people open to attacks by bandits and
turn around to arrest them for defending their own lives, that the same
government has failed to protect.
NOSCEF called on Christians to
continue to remain calm, law abiding, vigilant and prayerful, adding, “We may
feel helpless at the situation the government has put us in, but we are not
hopeless.”
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