The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has expressed shock and displeasure over the killings in Plateau state.
JNI said the recent killings of over 100 Tudun-Biri worshippers in Kaduna State, and several others are becoming the new normal, particularly in the North and Nigeria in general.
In a statement issued by JNI Secretary General, Prof. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, warned that Plateau state should not be allowed to return to dark days of unfortunate bloodbaths “as human lives seem not to matter to the disgruntled elements within the Plateau.”
“JNI unequivocally condemns with utmost sorrow and concern the dastardly acts of repeated killings on the Plateau and calls on security agencies to intensify efforts in fishing out the culprits and get them punished accordingly.
“It is pertinent to place on record that such acts of killings call for concerted efforts in ending them once and for all, as the recent past killings of over one hundred Tudun-Biri worshippers in Kaduna State, and several others are becoming the new normal particularly in the North and in Nigeria in general.
“Government should rise to the occasion and act decisively, as human lives seem to mean nothing anymore in Nigeria and that portrays Nigeria and Nigerians wrongly to the comity of Nations. JNI reiterates that criminals must not be emboldened in whatever disguise; otherwise, the Nigerian state will become a failed state if acts of criminalities are not adequately penalised” JNI said.