Oyogist.com has learned that not less than 127 civil society groups fixed May 26 for nationwide mass action against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to address the state of Insecurity in the country.
The groups, under the umbrella of Joint Action Civil Society Coalition lamented over the increase in mass atrocities the county has continued to experience.
They said in the first quarter of 2021, the nation had recorded an all-time quarterly high of almost 2,000 fatalities from mass atrocities incidents across the country, saying that this week, across the 6 geopolitical zones, there were escalated combustions of violence resulting in even more deaths.
“In our last joint statement, we had issued in February 2021, we had catalogued the assortment of mass atrocities plaguing the country, in particular: The unending war in the North East with our troops often bearing the brunt of this government’s security failures.
“Gross injustices by President Buhari’s government against the Nigerian people such that peaceful protesters are threatened and attacked by the government’s security agents while terrorists carrying out mass murder, rape, maiming and kidnapping of Nigerians including women and children are feted, molly coddled, granted ‘amnesty’ and paid by the government.
“This is tantamount to funding and supporting terrorists, encouraging murder and the decimation of the Nigeria’s gallant troops and amounts to treason against the Nigerian State and people.
“Terrorist herder attacks on unarmed farming communities and reprisal attacks in the face of government inaction and failure to bring the terrorist herdsmen and their funders to justice,” the groups said.The groups demanded that Buhari look for possible solutions in ending impunity and sectionalism through his appointments by balancing the need for competence with the federal character principle.
“In this way, he will demonstrate that every part of Nigeria matters as sectional appointments appear to fuel sectional violence.“He should take responsibility and end the persecution of the media and free speech both of which are foundations of a democratic state. Mobilize our rich Nigerian assets to address the insecurity situation across the country and seek international cooperation to ramp up security assets.
