The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to seek help from within and outside the country to address the escalating insecurity, spreading like wild fire across the country.
In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna, Chairman of NOSCEF, Mr. Ejoga Inalegwu
said the country must not be left to go the way of Somalia, ruled by warlords, with a reign of lawlessness.
Inalegwu said āNOSCEF views with great concern the escalating insecurity, spreading like wild fire across the nation and shaking the very foundation of the nationās existence.ā
He said the new trend of targeting students āis most condemnableā and appealed to the President āto seek every available aid, both internal and external to reverse the trend before we lose our beloved country, Nigeria.ā
āThe country must not be left to go the way of Somalia, ruled by warlords, with a reign of lawlessness, as we see ourselves already drifting into.
āWe also condemn the attacks on the military and security outfits in various parts of the country.
āThese weaken the institutions that still hold us together as a people, at the cost of their own lives. We sympathize with the families of military, police and other security personnel, who lost their lives sacrificially, in the course of their duty of defending their fatherlandā, the statement said.
The forum commended the Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, for exposing criminal elements as well as his commitment in helping the military authorities to fish out those involved in the killing of soldiers in the course of their lawful duty.
NOSCEF also urged the military, police and other security outfits to remain undeterred in their commitment to seeking an end the security challenges confronting the nation.
On the efforts to mop up all arms, NOSCEF called on the Buhari to ensure that the excercise is āwholesome and must not be implemented with any bias that will make those who comply become even more vulnerable to criminal attacks.ā
āThe implementation team must be broad-based to win the confidence of all and not limited to any favored segment of the nation.
āNOSCEF urges Nigerians to continue to fast and pray for Godās intervention, for with God, nothing is impossibleā, the statement added.