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Group tackles ACN, Northern elders for opposing state of emergency in troubled states

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A Human Rights Organisation, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has joined the debate on whether state of emergency could resolve the worrying security situation in some states in the North.

YCRI in a statement signed by its Director of International Relations, Mr Efemena Agadama on Sunday, lambasted the northern leaders and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for kicking against the call for imposition of emergency rule in some volatile states in the northern part of the country.

The Arewa Consultative Forum, the Northern Elders’ Forum, Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and the ACN have all expressed opposition view to the declaration of state of emergency in some Northern states.

However, the group said it was disappointed that some individuals would kick against any move to tackle the security challenges in the country because of their selfish interests, stressing that genuine call for emergency rule in Borno and other states must not be be politicized or wrongly calculated as a ploy against the north.

YCRI said: “Any group from the north that tends to play politics with the continuous massacre of security operatives and civilians by the insurgents may be benefiting from the insurgency and we say no to such flagrant monumental disregard of the lives of innocent Nigerians.
“Boko Haram has murdered more security officers than any group in the history of Nigeria and the group has continuously been involved in jail breaks and wide spread destruction. No country anywhere in the world that is not at war will accept such criminal activities. It’s unconstitutional for any rebel or terrorist group to control any part of the country.”
“The federal government comprising the executive, the legislature and the judiciary should uphold all laws of the federation and stop the ongoing lawless acts by various militias that disregard the sanctity of human lives. None of the arms of government should act as opposition if the sanctity of lives and the unity of the country must be preserved”, the statement added.