The Coalition of Northern Groups will begin an indefinite protest on Thursday (today), as this may spell more troubles for the Nigerian government.
The protests, which have been slated for the 19 northern states, followed the wave of insecurity and other challenges in the North.
The Spokesperson for CNG, Abdulazeez Suleiman, said at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the protests would be aimed at drawing the attention of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and governors of the 19 northern states to the plight of the region concerning insecurity.
He said the ineptitude and an apparent failure of elected and appointed leaders from the North to either protect the lives and property of northerners or address many distresses the region faced had pushed them to the wall.
According to him, it was no longer an exaggeration that the security situation in the country and in particular in the North had deteriorated, while the authorities did not deem it fit to extend the swift spirit deployed against FSARS into securing the North.
He urged the northerners, who would participate in the peaceful protest,to conduct themselves peacefully, while urging the government to respect their rights to protest.
Suleiman said, “The Coalition of Northern Groups has followed developments around the bold and necessary steps taken by Nigerian citizens to call attention to police brutality, the deteriorating national security and other pressing concerns.
“While the southern elected and appointed leaders and representatives are quick to identify with their people at the time of need, their counterparts from the North, including the President, the Senate President, senators, Rep members, governors, state legislators and other government appointees would rather abandon the hundreds of thousands of people in northern communities exposed to crime, lawlessness and insecurity in the hands of bandits, insurgents, kidnappers, rapists rustlers, and other violent criminals without any form of protection.
“It is contradictory that despite several protests and pleas northerners have made, the authorities never deemed it fit to extend the swift spirit deployed against FSARS into securing the North, or addressing the myriad distresses faced by northerners,” he said.
