The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has asked the Federal Government to look at the possibility of engaging ex-servicemen, the civilian task forces, hunters, and whatever is available to secure all vulnerable communities against attacks by bandits and terrorists.
The recommendation follows the recent train attack in Kaduna State that
claimed eight lives and injured 26 while some others are still missing.
In a statement titled “Time to Further Reflect,” signed by its National
Secretary, Murtala Aliyu, the ACF noted that the holistic submission on
the failure of governance, as attested by the state governors, is an
indication that all is not well in the nooks and corners of the territory
called Nigeria.
It, therefore, said that the survival of the country must be paramount ,and
the lives and property of citizens, law and order, and freedom of
expression must be protected.
While noting the frustration of leaders at the sub-national level, the
Arewa Consultative Forum, however, called on the government,
governors, and citizens alike, to avoid any fire brigade approach on any
pressing issue that is bedeviling the country.
On the proposition for the Nigerian Airforce to escort trains from Abuja
to Kaduna, Ibadan to Lagos, or the Itakpe routes, the Forum called on
the security agency to redesign their operations and instead deploy their
machinery and manpower in launching attacks on the bandits and
terrorist enclaves.
