The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to declare Benue, Taraba and Borno states no-fly zones.
Following the recent abduction of students of Government
Secondary School, Jangebe, President Muhammadu Buhari declared Zamfara a no-fly
zone as part of measures to crush bandits operating in the state
The president also banned mining activities in Zamfara.
Commenting on the development, Audu Ogbeh, chairman of the ACF, said there are rumours that aircraft “frequently drop arms for bandits and insurgents” operating in the aforementioned states.
Ogbeh said the extended ban will curtail criminal activities
in the areas.
He also congratulated the Zamfara state government on the
safe release of the Jangebe girls.
“Arewa Consultative Forum congratulates the people and
government of Zamfara state on the safe release of the kidnapped schoolgirls
from the Government Girls Secondary School in the state,” the statement reads.
“We are also happy with the federal government’s decision to
ban flights in the state.
“We also plead with the government to extend the ban to
other states like Benue, Taraba, Borno where there are rumours that helicopters
frequently drop arms for bandits and insurgents operating in these states.
“We believe that such an extended ban will curtail the
operations of the criminals in these areas.”
The forum had asked security
agencies to treat Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, as an accomplice if he
fails to name the abductors of the schoolgirls.
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