Minna – Northern States Governors’ Forum on Sunday assured Nigerians, especially those living in the troubled North Eastern states, that a lot was being done to guarantee peace in the area.
The group also said efforts were being
done to save lives and property in the troubled states.
Chairman of the Forum and Governor
of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu, in a statement, urged all stakeholders to
continue to pray to God to end the scourge of the senseless killing of
defenceless citizens. The statement, signed by his
Spokesman, Danladi Ndayebo, in Minna, on Sunday, urged the
perpetrators of the dastardly acts to lay down their arms and embrace dialogue.
The damaged school in Yobe state.
Aliyu made the call in his reaction
to Saturday’s explosions which killed several persons at the heavily-populated
Ngomari-Bulumkutu area of Maiduguri, Borno.
“The Forum deeply regrets this
utterly heinous descent to new depths of terror by the perpetrators at a time
when security agencies are doing their best to put an end to it,” he said.
Aliyu urged members of Boko Haram to
embrace dialogue, assuring them that “the surest way to resolve grievances
is through dialogue and not violence.’’
He then commiserated with the
families of those killed or injured during the blast, and called on all
security agencies to re-double their efforts in the discharge of their responsibilities.(NAN)
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