By Wilson Adekumola
A group, under aegis of the Northern Emancipation Network, has lamented the incessant killings and kidnappings in Zamfara State, calling on governor of the state to intervene.
The Secretary-General of NEN, Sulaiman Abbah made this lamentation in a statement on Monday, decrying the return of insecurity in the state.
He said, “Killers and other criminals appear to have sensed a paralysing vacuum at the highest levels of leadership in the State.
“The people of Zamfara have shed enough tears and blood in the last three weeks without an appropriate response from those with responsibilities to protect them.
“Villages are being emptied as hundreds of people, due to constant attacks, are relocating to the already congested urban areas of the state and deepening poverty”.
While bemoaning the different terrorist groups that have made Zamfara state their abode, carrying out their criminal activities almost on daily basis, NEN called on the Zamfara State Governor, Lawal Dare, to intensify the security architecture and protect lives of the people who elected and entrusted their lives and future in his care.
They group said, “Zamfara did not vote you to go about chasing shadows fighting over vehicles and other individuals’ properties but to work to improve their condition in terms of security, most importantly,” Abbah said.
The NEN also called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to do everything in his capacity and direct the Governor to focus on the primary assignment he was elected for.
