Rampant Attacks and Killings: Northern Governors Set to Take Important Collective Action
- Northern governors scheduled a high-level security meeting for November 29 to address the rising wave of attacks and abductions across the region
- Peter Ahemba confirmed that the meeting would be held in Kaduna with traditional rulers expected to play a key role
- Ahemba said decisive actions were expected as northern states intensified efforts to curb insecurity and urged citizens to support security agencies
Northern Nigeria’s 19 state governors are set to hold a high-level security meeting on Saturday, November 29.
This is coming in the light of the surge in attacks, killings and abductions across the region.
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The development was confirmed by Peter Ahemba, senior special assistant on Public Affairs to the Nasarawa state governor.
According to Ahemba, the meeting will take place in Kaduna and will include leading traditional rulers from across the North.
As reported by Daily Trust,
“The meeting aims to develop a unified approach to tackling security concerns affecting the region and discuss the way forward on security matters.”
November meeting: Traditional rulers to play key role
Ahemba noted that the presence of traditional leaders is crucial, given their influence at the grassroots level and their ability to support intelligence gathering and community engagement.
He added,
“Prominent traditional rulers will attend the meeting. They are critical stakeholders in maintaining peace and stability.”
Insecurity: Decisive actions expected
The Nasarawa state official assured that the governors are prepared to take strong and coordinated decisions as insecurity worsens in several northern states.
“Due to the security challenges in some northern states, the Nasarawa State government has taken proactive measures by organising an emergency security meeting, where decisive decisions will be made to prevent any breach of security in the state,” he said.
He stressed that safeguarding the region requires a joint, well-coordinated effort from the political leadership, security agencies and the public.
Citizens urged to support security agencies
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Ahemba urged residents across the northern states to remain vigilant and provide timely information to authorities, noting that security agencies cannot operate effectively without community support.
“It is the duty of citizens to help deal with security threats in our country and state. Therefore, citizens must do well by providing security agencies with relevant information about individuals with criminal tendencies,” he said.
Tinubu vows to fix insecurity
Recall that Tinubu had pledged that his administration is determined to end terrorism and banditry in northern Nigeria, saying no region would be allowed “to bleed while the federal government watches.”
The remarks were delivered on Saturday, November 22, during the 25th anniversary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna, where the nation’s Commander-in-Chief was represented by Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Analyst speaks on move by northern leaders
A public analyst, Hamman Aisha, while speaking with Legit.ng on Saturday, November 22, said:
"A major security summit held in Katsina last year brought together the region’s most prominent stakeholders, including former vice presidents, yet today there is still no clear, joint security outcome traceable to that gathering.
"Meanwhile, state budgets are stretched to fund repeated travel, logistics, and protocol for these parallel security talks, money that could strengthen early-warning systems, secure schools, equip community vigilante networks, or improve intelligence flow. And because responsibility is scattered across so many platforms, accountability becomes blurred, that’s why when failures occur, no one owns them.
"The human cost of this governance disarray is devastating. They keep organising summit after summit, debating the same threats in different forums and repeatedly diagnosing already known problems, schoolchildren are being abducted, families live in daily fear, schools remain unprotected, security response times are slow, intelligence-sharing is weak, and communities continue to bear the consequences of institutional incoherence.
"If we must address this crisis meaningfully, our leaders must confront an uncomfortable truth: we cannot defeat a coordinated, cross-border threat by discussing it in half a dozen separate forums. We must form a single, empowered, standing regional security architecture with binding decisions, exactly as has been repeatedly recommended by the Coalition of Northern Groups and the Arewa Consultative Forum. A structure that brings every Northern governor to the same table, agrees shared priorities, commits to timelines, pools intelligence, and delivers one unified action plan, while allowing the zonal and other forums to continue their broader political and developmental roles. Until the North speaks with one voice on security & acts with one strategy, the North will continue to lose ground."
Orji Kalu mentions 'people' sponsoring terrorists
Previously, Legit.ng reported that former governor of Abia state and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, alleged that politicians were behind the recent spike in killings and abductions across the country.
He further claimed the attacks are part of an orchestrated plan to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on November 23, Kalu argued that the pattern of violence suggests a coordinated political agenda rather than random criminal acts. Kalu declined to name those he believes are behind the orchestrated violence but insisted that the motive was to ensure Tinubu fails in office.
Source: Legit.ng
