The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari and northern governors to “show more empathy” towards victims
of banditry in the region.
In a statement issued on Monday by Emmanuel Yawe, its
national publicity secretary, ACF condemned the recent killing of 38 people by
bandits in Giwa LGA of Kaduna state.
The group urged Buhari, governors and northern leaders to do
better and show the people they care.
“The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) will like to put on record its total disapproval, frustration and anger against what appears to be an endless orgy killing in northern Nigeria,” the statement reads.
“The latest incidence
took place in Giwa LGA of Kaduna state where 38 innocent citizens were hacked
to death.
“According to Samuel Aruwan, the state’s commissioner for
Internal Security and Home Affairs, many houses, trucks, cars and food crops
were destroyed during the attacks.
“While the ACF joins the governor of Kaduna and the
President of Nigeria in consoling those who suffered losses during the latest
attack, we call on all the state governments and the federal government to show
more empathy and sympathy in such grave security breaches.
“Nothing stops the
President and a State governor from visiting such places. We sadĺy note that he
has never felt it necessary to do so. In fact, following his example, not one
governor has done so except Governor Zulum of Borno. Just a few days ago, also
in Uba-Askira in Borno, where 10 people were killed, and uncountable numbers
were taken away.
“The President and the northern governors are unwittingly
creating the impression that only their lives, those of their immediate family
members and their officers matter.
“The ACF believes the President and the northern governors
have the capacity to do better than this.”
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