The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has questioned the sincerity and effectiveness of the ceasefire agreement said to have been brokered between the Boko Haram sect and the federal government following the bomb blast that killed scores in Gombe State and the continued seizure of towns and villages in Adamawa State by the sect...
ACF in a press statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, in Kaduna at the weekend said, “The news of the bomb blast that occurred on Friday morning at the Gombe motor park, Gombe State was wicked, gruesome and condemnable considering the 27 innocent people killed in the blast and also the destruction of property it caused.”
ACF also lamented, “The bomb blast in Gombe, the continued killings and seizure of towns and villages in Borno and especially now, Mubi in Adamawa State by insurgents barely two weeks after the announcement that a ceasefire had been brokered between the Boko Haram insurgents and the federal government call to question the sincerity and effectiveness of the ceasefire agreement.
“It is really disturbing and worrisome that despite the assurances given by government that appropriate security measures are being put in place to contain the insurgency including the ceasefire agreement, the situation in the Northeast region is deteriorating which needed a decisive action to quell it. Towns like Bama, Gwoza and many others are still under the control of the insurgents despite the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
“Nigerians are becoming skeptical and no longer have confidence in the assurances being given by government officials regarding the security challenges, since the terrorists have continued to unleash mayhem on the people without adequate counter offensive from the military.”
The forum called on the government not to rest on its oars in finding a lasting solution to the menace.
“ACF therefore calls on the Government to decisively employ new strategy and tactics on daily basis to deal with the situation. Government should also continue to pursue dialogue and peaceful negotiation with the genuine leaders of the Boko Haram in order to restore the desired peace and order in the region, especially now that our politicians are busy with electioneering campaign against 2015 elections.
“It’s an irony that while Nigerians in the Northeast region are being killed by insurgents and Nigerian territories being seized, our politicians are busy collecting party declaration forms to contest 2015 elections instead of collaborating efforts to contain the insurgency.
“ACF urges Nigerians to be more vigilant and security conscious as we embark on the 2015 electioneering campaign.
“ACF equally extends its condolence to the families of those killed and sympathy to those injured in the unfortunate bomb blast incident in Gombe and calls on the State government to provide prompt free medical treatment to the injured” the statement reads.
Source: leadership.ng
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