LAGOS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to halt the herdsmen attacks, kidnapping and other vices in the north and other parts of the country.
Speaking in northern city of Kaduna on Tuesday, Ibrahim Coomasie, Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said the government should do everything to stop all these killings, kidnapping and other vices.
The killings by rampaging herdsmen, kidnappings, particularly of the 110 female students of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State and other vices were portraying the region in a bad light, the former police chief told reporters.
Coomasie said the ACF was gravely concerned about killings in the region.
The ACF Chairman also appealed to northern leaders to put their heads together to save the region from actions or activities that cast negative narratives on the north.
The former police chief called on the Buhari administration to do all within its powers to see to the end of all killings and kidnappings of particularly women and children.
"Chibok girls are still missing. Now it has gone to Dapchi in Yobe State. What happened? Are we always going to be the victims? Boko Haram, see what they did to the Northeast. They have spread over to the North central and even to the southern part of the country," he added.
Nigeria in recent times has witnessed an unprecedented level of insecurity. The West African nation has lost more than 20,000 lives in the northern region since 2009 to the insurgency of the infamous sect Boko Haram which has been ravaging the northern region of the country.
