RENEWED KILLING: NORTHERN CHRISTIAN ELDERS WANT BUHARI'S AND SECURITY INTERVENTION

The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies to take decisive action against those responsible for the killings in Benue, Taraba, and Southern Kaduna states.

Engineer Oyinehi Ejoga Inalegwu, Chairman of NOSCEF, decried the continued attack by terrorists in a statement issued Monday evening in Kaduna, and urged President Buhari to save Nigerians from the killings and destruction of goods in various parts of the country.

The statement explained, "NOSCEF is worried that the recent increasing wave of unchecked and persistent killings in Benue, Taraba and Southern Kaduna by bandits/ herdsmen is seeming to look like the parting gift of the Buhari administration to our people as it rounds up its 8-year rule."

The organization expressed concern that, despite the security architecture in place, such large-scale killings continue to occur with no response from the security services.

The statement urged security forces to halt the heinous trend and pursue those frightening, killing, maiming, and destroying citizens' property in many parts of the country.

The group urged all Nigerians to pray for God's intervention in putting an end to the current wave of killings throughout the states, noting that the gunmen's continued killings and destruction of property was extremely concerning.