By Gabriel Ewepu
As insecurity challenges heighten, the northern elders under the auspices of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Wednesday demanded that President Bola Tinubu declare a national security emergency.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Prof Abubakar Jiddere, the NEF said the security challenge in the country is already at its precipice, and urgent and drastic steps need to be taken to salvage the country from falling into anarchy.
The NEF also said Nigerians are deeply in fear and when citizens live in fear, communities are under siege, and criminal elements operate with increasing boldness, millions of law-abiding citizens remain vulnerable.
The statement reads ...
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Northern elders to Tinubu: Nigeria’s bleeding, declare nat’l security emergency
Source: Vanguard News
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