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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged the federal government to intervene in the escalating violence and killings in the region.
Naija News recalls that on June 20, more than 12 people were killed after a mob set ablaze a bus packed with wedding guests who were travelling from Zaria, Kaduna, to Quan Pan LGA in Plateau.
Some of the travellers suffered various degrees of injuries.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by NEF’s spokesperson, Abubakar Jiddere, the group described the attack as a chilling reflection of the country’s deepening security crisis and leadership failure.
While condemning the brutal massacre of innocent Nigerian travellers, the forum said it was shaken to its core by the premeditated murder.
The NEF stated that the obligation to protect life and restore order is not a favour the government grants but a constitutional imperative.
The forum highlighted the widespread insecurity across the region, adding that in the north-west, villages are emptied and lives are stolen through mass abductions and killings.
The statement reads, “This country is bleeding, and it is bleeding from the North.
“The obligation to protect life and restore order is not a favour the government grants, it is a constitutional imperative. Failure to act now is not just negligence. It is complicated.
“This premeditated atrocity is not only a crime against humanity but a stark indictment of a nation losing its grip on the most basic duty of governance, the protection of human life.
“In the North-East, terror persists. In the North-Central, random killings and kidnappings have become routine.
“What was once sporadic unrest has mutated into systemic terror, thriving under the shadow of impunity and governmental inertia.”
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