‘No One Cares’ – Northern Elders Decry Rising Insecurity In Kaduna, Others

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has decried the rising security challenges being experienced in the North Western region of the country.

In a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, NEF spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said the activities of bandits in the region have not been seriously addressed by the Nigerian government.

Baba-Ahmed stated that villages in the region are being emptied by the bandits, stressing that families of victims in big towns now cater for displaced villagers, which is deepening poverty.

THE NEF spokesman, however, claimed the Nigerian government do not care about the lives of residents in the region.

He wrote: “Our villages in the North West are being emptied. Those who have options to move do so in thousands. Others who have nowhere to go stay put and wait for the next attack. Relations in big towns now cater for displaced villagers, deepening poverty. No IDP camps. Does anyone care?”

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to declare a national emergency on ritual killings across the country.

Naija News reports that the House of Representatives made the call during its plenary on Wednesday.

The development was part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need to Curb the Rising Trend of Ritual Killings in Nigeria’.

There have been several cases of ritual killings in Nigeria recently, Naija News understands.

The most recent of the disturbing ritual killings that generated reactions in the country is the case of four teenagers who allegedly killed a 20-year-old girl identified as Sofiat Kehinde.

The teenagers were last week ordered by an Abeokuta Magistrates Court sitting in Isabo, Ogun State to be remanded in prison for two months.

The suspects, Balogun Mustaqeem, 20; Majekodunmi Soliudeen,18; Abdulgafar Lukman,19; and Waris Oladeinde,18; were arraigned on Thursday on two counts of conspiracy and murder.

The teenagers were apprehended days ago after burning the head of Sofiat in a local pot for ritual.