INSECURITY: When will Buhari’s marching orders end?
ACROSS the country many families are in tears, gnashing their teeth over the kidnap or killing of their loved ones by bandits, gunmen, Boko Haram insurgents or terrorists.
On a daily basis, the polity is awash with reports of bandits or gunmen attacking communities, killing and kidnapping scores of people in many states of the country, especially in the North-West.
Now, the country is saddled with a fresh dimension to the deadly menace- attacks on trains. No fewer than nine people died, 41 were injured and scores were declared missing after bandits attacked a Kaduna-Abuja bound train, on Monday.
A group of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, the Community of Practice Against Mass Atrocities, and the Joint Action Civil Society Committee under the auspices of Nigeria Mourns, Thursday, said that no fewer than 1, 545 Nigerians were killed and 1,321 were abducted by terrorist groups between January 1 and March 30, 2022, a period of 90 days.
Leaders of the group: Auwal Rafsanjani; Adamu Kortokoshi; Redzie Jugo; Ken Henshaw; Iheoma Obibi; Mr Jaye Gaskia; Chris Kwaja; Ier Jonathan-Ichaver; and Abiodun Baiyewu, in a message said: ”We condemn in strong terms the increased spate of insecurity across the country; and call on the Nigerian government to take actionable steps to mitigate further attacks by terrorist groups, and to account for the missing and the dead of the recent terror incidents, especially, the Abuja-Kaduna train bombings.
“Between January 1, and March 30, 2022, Nigeria recorded at least 1,545 persons killed, and at least 1,321 persons abducted by terrorists.
We also note with alarm recent major incidences across the country including The killing of more than 65 persons in a single attack by terrorists in Kebbi State; The continued siege to communities in Southern Kaduna which has resulted in more than 100 victims in the past week, in spite of the fact that Kaduna State is home to at least 21 military bases and formations; The continued siege to communities in Niger State, including the takeover of the Suleja-Abuja Road by terrorists in the past month; Resumed attacks in Bassa LGA of Plateau State; An uptick in cases of kidnapping across the country Increased reporting of ritual killings; The continued atrocities in the South East of the country, especially in Imo state; The attack on the Kaduna airport last weekend; And most recently, The bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna train, and Gidan train station; and The takeover of the Kaduna-Abuja Express Road by terrorists.
“Between January 1, and March 30, 2022, Nigeria recorded at least 1,545 persons killed, and at least 1,321 persons abducted by terrorists.
We also note with alarm recent major incidences across the country including The killing of more than 65 persons in a single attack by terrorists in Kebbi State; The continued siege to communities in Southern Kaduna which has resulted in more than 100 victims in the past week, in spite of the fact that Kaduna State is home to at least 21 military bases and formations; The continued siege to communities in Niger State, including the takeover of the Suleja-Abuja Road by terrorists in the past month; Resumed attacks in Bassa LGA of Plateau State; An uptick in cases of kidnapping across the country Increased reporting of ritual killings; The continued atrocities in the South East of the country, especially in Imo state; The attack on the Kaduna airport last weekend; And most recently, The bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna train, and Gidan train station; and The takeover of the Kaduna-Abuja Express Road by terrorists.