The pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, have condemned the viral video of the terrorists flogging hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train, urging the Federal Government to wake up to its responsibility of protecting Nigerians.
While saying that the incident was unfortunate, the ACF through its Secretary-General, Malam Murtala Aliyu, described the flogging of the hostages as nasty.”
The ACF urged the government to wake up to its responsibility of saving the lives of the abductees as well as other Nigerians.
Meanwhile, the CNG, a coalition of over 50 groups in the region, urged
Nigerians to rise up and defend themselves in the apparent failure of the
regime of President Muhammadu Buhari to protect them.
The Spokesman of the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, noted with regrets
that terrorists were now exploiting on the failure of the government to torment Nigerians.
He expressed concern over the trending video of the terrorists flogging
the hostages, describing it as disturbing, adding that the government had
continued to live in self-denial.
