SMBLF raises alarm over worsening insecurity, mass kidnappings in Nigeria

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has raised alarm over what it described as “the growing impunity and disturbing ease with which terrorists and bandits are carrying out mass kidnappings across Nigeria, especially the abduction of school children in recent weeks.”
A joint statement issued by Oba Oladipo Olaitan, Leader, Afenifere; Dr Bitrus Pogu, President, Middle Belt Forum; Senator John Azuta-Mbata, President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide; and Ambassador Godknows Igali, National Chairman, PANDEF, on Wednesday and made available to DAILY POST said, “It appears that the Nigerian political leadership is becoming increasingly consumed by politics and the struggle for...