The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam
(JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has blamed the Nigerian military for
allowing the dreaded Boko Haram group to seize Nigerian territories.
He called on the Federal Government to urgently stop the killings and
insurgency in the North- East and stop wallowing in diatribe, as human lives
are sacred and must be seen to be treated as such.
The Sultan who while addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Sunday
on behalf of JNI said, the fall-out of the repeated attacks, particularly in
the taking over of towns and villages by the insurgents, portend a grave danger
to Nigeria.
Represented by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu,
the Nigerian Muslims leader blamed the military, saying that It is sad and an
unfortunate that Nigerian Security Forces only surface after the deadly attacks
are lunched and terrorise an already terrorised people by installing road
blocks and searching homes and business premises.
According to him, “Nigeria’s sovereignty has been threatened as a so
called ‘Islamic Caliphate’ has been curved out of her by the insurgents. An
unfortunate, worrisome and embarrassing dimension has recently been added to
the scenarios – that of the way soldiers take to their heels and abandon their
bases, arms, ammunition and other military hardware on the approach of the
insurgents.”
“JNI condemns these heinous attacks in the strongest terms and once
again calls on the Federal Government of Nigeria, with the loudest voice, to
wake up to its fundamental and obligatory responsibility of protecting lives
and properties of Nigerians; especially in the North East where the insurgency
is most endemic.”
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