The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has declared Nigeria’s worsening insecurity a national emergency, warning that the situation has escalated into what it described as a “state of war” threatening the country’s survival.
This was contained in a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of the 38th meeting of the ACF Board of Trustees in Abuja penultimate Saturday.
The meeting, chaired by Alhaji Bashir M. Dalhatu, brought together prominent northern leaders, policymakers and former public officials to deliberate on the state of the nation.
In its statement, the forum said Nigeria’s security challenges had evolved beyond isolated incidents of insurgency and criminality, into widespread and persistent crises.
It cited ongoing violence, ranging from insurgency in the North-East to banditry and mass kidnappings in the North-West and North-Central, as well as communal clashes and farmer-herder conflicts across several regions.