Sultan, Catholic Bishops lambast FG on insecurity

Leader of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, and Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, said that any government that cannot provide security for its citizens had no moral justification to exist.

He spoke on a day the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, asked the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of arresting and prosecuting those terrorising innocent Nigerians, rather than playing the ostrich on matters of insecurity.

The Sultan, whose statement was signed by the Secretary-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, the apex Muslim organisation in Nigeria, Dr Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, was reacting to the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train which claimed eight passengers, injured 41 and left scores of others missing till date.

Speaking in a similar vein, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, in a solemn statement signed by the President and Archbishop-Elect of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, also urged the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of arresting and prosecuting those terrorising innocent Nigerians, rather than playing the ostrich on matters of insecurity.

The Catholic Bishops also expressed concerns over the lingering face-off between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. They also called on the government to take effective measures to address the hardship and suffering in the land.

Seun Fakorede