Sharia Council urges decisive action to end insecurity in Nigeria

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has urged the Federal Government to take decisive action to halt the wave of killings, kidnappings, terrorism and banditry threatening lives and livelihoods.
A statement issued by its Secretary-General, Nafiu Baba Ahmad, said the Council lamented that Nigerians continue to wake daily to reports of violent crimes, while official assurances have failed to translate into improved security on the ground.
The council said, “The security situation had deteriorated to an alarming level, the recent mass abductions and attacks in Borno, Oyo, Niger and Zamfara states, which exposed the vulnerability of communities already grappling with years of...