Nine northern groups, under the aegis of the Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria, have said they are not intimidated by the arrest of one of their leaders during a peaceful protest against insecurity in the region and has vowed to continue with more protests..

The Chairman, Board of Trustees of one of the groups, Coalition of Northern Groups, Nastura Sharif, had been arrested and detained by police during a protest on Tuesday in Katsina State over the deplorable security situation in the North.


Following public outrage, Shariff was released on Thursday evening.

The groups had, on Monday, demanded the immediate removal of the service chiefs, stating in a June 12 message that Nigeria, particularly [b]the North, had the worst set of incompetent leaders in the last five years.[/b]




The spokesperson for CAKIN, Murtala Abubakar, in an interview with PUNCH, stated that the coalition was not intimidated by the arrest.

Abubakar said, “If the government thinks it is going to use the arrest of the CNG (BoT) chairman to frighten us, then it is joking. I am telling you that nobody is going to be intimidated or frightened by that arrest. We have taken a position and we are conscious of the dangers involved.

“[b]We are ready to make sacrifices for the generation yet unborn so that we can have a secure and peaceful environment for our people. [/b]So, the arrest is not going to deter us. This is even going to make us to prepare for the challenges ahead. We are aware that the challenges ahead won’t be an easy task but this intimidation is something that we are prepared for.

Similarly, followers of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, on Saturday took to streets of Minna, Niger State to protest the continuous killings of Nigerians in the northern part of the country by armed bandits, while condemning the illegal detention of their leader.

The protesters, who marched from the Minna Central Mosque, carried placards with inscriptions, which read ‘End the killings in the Northern part of Nigeria now’, ‘Sack service chiefs now’, ‘Free El-Zakzaky’, ‘Enough of the illegal detention of our leader and obey court order on the release El-Zakzaky’, among others.




The state leader, IMN, Ahmad Khalil, who was represented by Muhammadu Bello, said, “The service chiefs need to be changed and new ones appointed. We suspended our protests since the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, we believe it’s time to take action.”


Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on behalf of the Presidency, had criticised the protesters on Tuesday.

However, the Prof Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders’ Forum, on Friday, criticised Buhari and the All Progressives Congress for persecuting protesters, years after the President and his party protested against the then Goodluck Jonathan-led administration before the 2015 election, which ushered them into office.


Meanwhile, suspected bandits on Friday evening allegedly killed seven persons in another round of attacks on Kasai and Nahuta villages in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, while residents were preparing to observe prayers.

Sama’ila Lihidda, a resident of a nearby community, Kurmiyal, said the suspected bandits stormed the two communities on motorcycles and started shooting indiscriminately, adding that many residents escaped to nearby communities, while others passed the night inside the bush.

The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Masari on Security, Ahmad Katsina, could not be reached for comments as of press time.
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A man set a rat on fire in hi backyard, and guess what? The rat ran into his house and his house caught fire and is burning.

The chicken has come home to roost.

It took people of the north 6 years + to realise that Buhari is a monumental failure.

The same black lives matter protest that was staged worldwide without a single arrest of protesters, happened in Katstina a result of sporadic killings of residence and the convener was arrested.

And I ask, does black lives matter in Nigeria? These are one of the reasons that fuels Biafra agitation.

Tortoise tell monkey pikin say "if wetin go kill am no from him hand,e go from him papa hand".

Our new wailers una Good Morning o....

The groups......stating in a June 12 message that Nigeria, particularly the North, had the worst set of incompetent leaders in the last five years.

Laughing in my mother tongue.His own people have said it.Meanwhile, the so called "presidency", Garba Shehu, Femi Adeshina & mummified zombies will now say they are enemies of state or terrorists while the real ones keep up with their atrocities across the nation.Reality is dawning so more.Una welcome.

trutht828:
The chicken has come home to roost.It took people of the north 6 years + to realise that Buhari is a monumental failure.

They know from the outset but they're not just serious.
"......He lamented that under President Buhari, Nigeria’s economy is characterised by significant loss of output, massive youth unemployment, a rising level of poverty, instability and irregular migration of skilled and unskilled labour, a situation he described as a national embarrassment and a disgrace to a country that is endowed with abundant resources.

He said another four years of Buhari administration would be catastrophic with the current government’s unprecedented incompetence and enthronement of mediocrity in dealing with the horrendous spate of killings and general insecurity across the country.
http://mcebiscoo.com/2018/12/09/2019-north-will-not-vote-on-sentiment-says-elders-forum/

The president should stop the killings., BB after all, he is the commander in chief

ican2020:
The president should stop the killings.BB after all, he is the commander in chief

Which president? Guess the one that said "...Nobody can say that we haven’t done well in terms of security, we have done our best, but the way this situation is now, we can only pray,” the president said.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/274045-what-buhari-gov-lalong-told-plateau-citizens-over-killings.html?amp_markup=1

The groups had, on Monday, demanded the immediate removal of the service chiefs, stating in a June 12 message that Nigeria, particularly the North, had the worst set of incompetent leaders in the last five years.

This is a huge indictment on the President, coming from the people in his domain, and also not leaving out the governors, whom have all resigned to fate and concede their territories to bandits and terrorist.

hmmm

They are chasing Buhari up and down with gun shots in Aso Rock

And he is busy intimidating his State People

What an Irony