…Blames Attack On Sponsors Of Insecurity In Nigeria
ABUJA- Northern elders have condemned Monday’s disruption of peace summit and attack on participants at Arewa House in Kaduna State by some hoodlums believed to be sponsored.
The elders described the action as heartless considering that the summit organized by the Coalition of Northern Group, was meant to proffer ways of resolving the insecurity plaguing the North and fashion out ways of restoring peace in the region.
They noted that the people attacked had converged to actually deliberate and find workable solution on the growing insecurity in the North.
The group, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, wondered why any sane mind would want insecurity to persist in the North.
Describing the act as not only callous but reprehensible, the elders alleged that the attackers were sponsored by people perpetrating evils and criminal acts in the region.
But they vowed in a statement by their National Coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni and National Women Leader, Hajiya Mario Bichi early Tuesday morning, that despite the evil act intended to slow down the pace of progress they have made in the region’s peace project, they will remain resolute to achieve their aim.
While reaffirming their avowed support to President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration to succeed, the elders insisted that the actions of the hoodlums and their sponsors had rather boosted their determination to press hard in their quest to see total restoration of peace in the North.
“We condemn in the strongest terms ever the heartless, evil and sponsored well-organized attack on our members and other well meaning Northern groups under the umbrella of Coalition of Northern Groups at Arewa House in Kaduna State, where we schedule to discuss the high-level insecurity in the country particularly the North.
“We strongly suspect that the hoodlums who carried out the act were sponsored by some highly placed people benefiting from the insecurity in the North.”
“This action is callous, reprehensible and the heights of insensitivity, desperation and wickedness.
“However, we wish to inform these enemies of Nigeria that they have just woken the determination in us and we shall continue to press forward our demand for a secured North until total peace and security of our people is restored,” the statement said.
Credit: DAILY INDEPENDENT.
