The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the
frequent attacks and kidnappings along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway as a
national shame.
In a statement on Monday, Emmanuel Yawe, the forum’s
spokesperson, condemned the killing of Sagir Hamida, a Zamfara governorship
aspirant in the 2019 election, by gunmen along the road.
Hamida was killed on Sunday when gunmen attacked travellers
on the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
Several travellers were said to have been kidnapped during
the attack, but the exact number of victims is yet to be confirmed.
“The ACF is becoming agitated by the unrestrained acts of
terrorism on the strategic highway between Abuja the Federal Capital and Kaduna
the former capital of defunct Northern region,” Yawe said.
“On a daily basis, Nigerians are being terrorised, kidnapped
and killed without let on this road. This is a national shame and completely
unacceptable to our forum.
“The latest victim of this act of terror is Alhaji Hamida
Sagir, a retired Director of Protocol at the Federal Capital Development
Autority FCDA and a governorship aspirant in Zamfara State who was shot and
killed at Rijana. Indeed Rijana 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 everyday 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 forum called on Kaduna state and the federal government
to save Nigerians from the frequent attack along the road.
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