The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa
Consultative Forum, has asked the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle,
to name those behind the kidnap of the 317 students of Government Girls
Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara in Zamfara State.
The governor had reportedly said that he knew the identity
of the kidnappers and if revealed, Nigerians would be shocked.
Matawalle had stated this when emirs in the state paid him a
solidarity visit on the kidnap of the students.
But the ACF said security operatives should treat the governor as an accomplice to the kidnappers, failure of him to tell Nigerians those behind the dastardly acts.
According to the ACF, the north is embarrassed by the
statement of the governor and the sundry kidnapping as well as insecurity
ravaging the region.
The National Chairman of the ACF, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who
signed the statement and released it to newsmen by the National Publicity
Secretary of the organisation, Emmanuel Yawe, in Kaduna State on Tuesday,
warned against such unguarded statement by those in authorities.
The statement read, “The Arewa Consultative Forum ACF is
stunned by a statement accredited to the Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle.
“The governor is reported in the media to have told 17 Emirs
who paid a sympathy visit to him on the kidnap of 317 school girls from
Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara that he knew the
identity of the kidnappers & if he revealed their identity, Nigerians will
be shocked.
“We ask the governor to reveal their identity and let
Nigerians be shocked or even the heavens fall.
“We also ask the security agencies to question the governor
on the identifies of the criminals he is trying to hide. If he refuses to
disclose their identities, he must be treated as an accomplice to the criminal
act of kidnapping.
“The ACF has been embarrassed by the spate of kidnappings
especially of school children spreading like wild fire all over the north.
“People in positions of authority that will help us out of
this mess like Governor Mutawalle must stop embarrassing the north and country
with careless statements on a serious issue like the kidnappings of school children.
“Zamfara State and the north are way behind the rest of the
country in educational development. The serial kidnappings of school pupils in
the north will only worsen a bad and unacceptable state of education in the
North.”
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