CNG Says Katsina Is Now House of Horror, Condemns Buhari's Inability To Visit GSSS Scene Despite Being In State

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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Sunday December 13, 2020, said the barrel of killings, kidnapping and other terrorist activities bedevilling Katsina State have turned the whole state into a house of horror with escalating number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

CNG added that the security challenges perpetrated by bandits, kidnappers and Fulani cattle rustlers have constituted a threat to the economic growth and sustainable development of the state.

While addressing Journalists on the abduction of school children at Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara, Mr Jamilu Aliyu who is the North-west zonal CNG Chairman, said the incident has exposed the failure and incompetency of the state government.

Aliyu also elucidated how bandits now roam local markets in the state with AK-47 rifles slung on their shoulders.

In strong terms, Aliyu condemned the President Buhari's inability to visit the attacked GSSS scene despite being in state, urging the state government and security agencies to rescue the abducted students within the shortest period of time or face massive protest by members of the coalition.

“The culmination of these security challenges has for the past few years turned the entire state into a house of horror with violent killings reported on a daily basis, communities displaced with formal and informal IDP camps spreading all over the state.

“While condemning in totality this barbaric act and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the culprits, we equally stress the inability of the government to protect those young, innocent, vibrant students from this horrible attack as uncalled for.

“Failure of the government to rescue the missing students within a shortest period of time, CNG will not hesitate to mobilize hundreds of thousands on the streets of Katsina State for a continuous protest, until the students are fully rescued, even if it is going to cost us our lives.

“While we commend the efforts of Katsina State Government for its immediate response, we equally condemn in strongest term, the inability of the president to visit the scene, despite being in the state.”

____Aliyu Chairman CNG, December 13, 2020

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