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Southern, Middle-Belt Leaders Demand State Police to Curb Escalating Violence
Amid a surge in violent attacks, particularly in Plateau and Benue states, leaders of socio-political groups from Nigeria’s southern and middle-belt regions have renewed their call for the creation of state police.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
According to Nivo News, the leaders stressed the urgent need for localized security mechanisms to better respond to the deteriorating security situation nationwide. The call was made under the aegis of the Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF).
The forum’s statement was jointly issued by key figures, including Oba Oladipo Olaitan (Afenifere), Dr. Bitrus Pogu (Middle Belt Forum), Senator John Azuta-Mbata (Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide), and Ambassador Godknows Igali (PANDEF). They condemned what they described as coordinated and sustained killings allegedly perpetrated by suspected Fulani militias.
The leaders cited recent tragedies in Zike and Kakpa villages of Plateau State, where over 50 people from the Irigwe ethnic group were murdered, following similar attacks in Bokkos LGA that claimed more than 80 lives.
They lamented that communities are increasingly left with no alternative but to defend themselves, accusing security agencies of failing to intervene during violent land invasions. “Our people’s only crime is residing peacefully on their ancestral lands rich in resources,” the statement declared.
The SMBLF accused the federal government of enabling these attacks by refusing to take meaningful action or implement critical reforms, including the establishment of state police, restructuring, and true federalism.
Describing the assaults as “modern-day territorial conquests,” the forum condemned the federal government’s inaction, which has driven countless victims into Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
The leaders further noted that Nigeria’s overstretched security forces—already engaged on multiple battlefronts—are unable to adequately protect communities in crisis-prone areas.
They concluded by urging the federal government to urgently embrace the proposals that have garnered widespread support across the nation, including the ban on open grazing and the restructuring of Nigeria’s security architecture.
“The Nigerian state appears to have relinquished its sovereignty,” the statement read, “as an ethnic group continues to violate national boundaries with impunity.”
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