THE Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has urged the Federal Government to hold security personnel accountable, in the aftermath of the burning to death of innocent travellers by bandits on Dec. 6, in Sokoto State.
JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, who is the group’s President, made this disclosure yesterday via a statement issued by its Secretary-General, JNI, Dr Khalid Aliyu.
Aliyu said, “The Federal Government should hold security personnel responsible for any attacks.
“Nigerians are desperately yearning for concrete actions against all forms of criminalities.
“Silence is not golden given the most unfortunate spate of the horrendous butchery of human lives in the Nigerian state.”
He stressed that the “Federal Government should be seen to be proactive on security matters, as well as assure and assuage citizens’ fears at critical moments of grief”.
Aliyu described the burning to death of the defenseless travellers as “utterly disgusting, heart-rending and unprecedented”.
“JNI condemns in the strongest terms this senseless and barbaric act, along with other equally disheartening bloodletting and carnage.
“Likewise, all other acts of arson attacks, attempted prison jailbreaks, bomb blasts in Oyo, Kogi, Plateau, Yobe, and Borno states and many of such reprehensible acts, stand condemned by the JNI.”
The JNI secretary-general also urged Northern Governors to rise up and collectively end the new normal eroding the heritage of the north.
“Government needs to wake up as citizens are becoming more and more agitated.
“Government should take the bull by the horn by prosecuting promoters of hate speech and tame the rising cases of banditry in Nigeria, otherwise it will become a norm that cannot be challenged.
“While we continue to express our sincere condolences to all the victims of these unfortunate killings, we are calling on politicians and non-governmental organisations to strengthen their cooperation and synergy to find lasting solutions to the spates of killings and destructions.
“We equally call on citizens to continue striving for pea
