The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has remarked that the prevailing insecurity across the country is intended to destroy Nigeria.
Fayemi stated this in Minna on Tuesday when he led a high-powered delegation of the forum to commiserate with the government and people of Niger State on the series of kidnappings the state had experienced in recent times.
The last attack on the community was the abduction of 27 students of Government Science College, Kagara, along with some teachers and family members.
“The agenda is to destroy the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Let’s not make any mistake about it, that is the ultimate agenda. We will fight this agenda with every fiber in our body and indeed we will fight it in order to save our country,” he said.
He also said what the scourge of attacks that the country is currently witnessing is fuelled by terrorism and that every hand should be placed on the deck to defeat it.
“What we are witnessing is terrorism; there is no other name for it. Yes, we may call it banditry, we may call it kidnapping; these are remnants of the actors of the North-east that have found themselves in other parts of the country whether they are known as ISWAP, or Albanawi faction or known as Shekau people. They are remnants of what we are still dealing with in that part of the country,” Fayemi said unequivocally.
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The NGF chairman also charged Nigerians not to give up hope, saying that the country must show resilience.
“Even in these difficult times, we must put all our efforts together, demonstrate resilience, reassure our people not to give up hope because we can only defeat terrorism collectively not in isolation,” he said.
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He then commented that Nigerians are looking forward to peaceable times again, not exchanging words and pointing fingers concerning the current state of the country and deliberating on who is to blame.
Fayemi, therefore, expressed the need for everyone to come together as a country instead of squabbling.
The Governor suggested that the nation’s security institutions need to come together, and charged the restorative effort of the authorities to be better coordinated.
He said the governors have identified with the struggle of the people of Niger State in the last two weeks but also reminded the people that the situation is not peculiar to the state.
In his remarks, the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, described the visit of his colleagues as a morale booster to the government and people of the state, saying the kidnap of the school children was an agenda to stop people from going to school but said the agenda will fail.
Governor Bello also pleaded with the federal government to work with the states to find a lasting solution to the current spate of kidnappings and terror attacks in the country.
The delegation comprised Governors of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong; Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambwal; Kwara State, Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq; and Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule.
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