The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll- led Jamaatul Nasril Islam, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, some state governments and the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria have expressed worry at the Federal Government over its failure to address the rising insecurity in the country.
The groups stated this on Monday amuhs killings and other forms of insecurity took a toll on investments in the country with foreign investors shunning 24 states in 2021.
Secretary-General of JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar-Aliyu, in a statement condemned the recent attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail and warned that Nigeria was heading towards multiple chaos.
It stated, “To say the least Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) is agonised and short of words to express herself over the gory incident of the infamous train attack which happened on Monday, March 28, 2022.
“The well-orchestrated incident remains highly condemnable, reprehensible and upsetting to every rational mind. It appears that the continuous callous acts of mayhem, killings and arson happening almost on daily or weekly bases around us; either within communities and/or on the roads we ply, have automatically reset our human psyche that we now have accepted such dastardly acts as part of our lives, to the extent that we no longer feel them. The humanity in us is slowly being eroded thereby making us adapt to the new normal within which we, unfortunately, found ourselves.”
On its part, the Catholic bishops in a statement by the National Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, in Abuja, said the security apparatus has no intelligence or the ability to fight and defeat terrorists in our nation.
“Nigerians are sick of flimsy excuses and bogus promises of the government to deal with 09terrorists,” they added.
In a related development, the Christian Association of Nigeria, Northern chapter, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call a meeting of northern stakeholders to proffer solutions to the challenges of insecurity in the north.
Chairman of CAN of 19 northern states including the Federal Capital Territory, Reverend Yakubu Pam, made the call while declaring open the association’s 2022 first quarter National Executive Meeting on Monday in Abuja.
Pam also urged the President to seek assistance from former heads of state in addressing the insecurity in the region.
