The Northern Elders Forum has fired a salvo at the Buhari government.
It said the government had spectacularly failed on security issues, and that what governments honourably do in that circumstance was to resign.
In a statement the forum released on Tuesday, signed by Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, it said:
“These particular killings have been greeted by the most insensitive response by spokespersons of the president. The lame excuse that farmers had not sought permission from the military to harvest produce merely exposes the misleading claims that our military had secured vast territories from the insurgency.
“Under this administration, life has lost its value and more and more citizens are coming under the influence of criminals. We do not see any evidence of a willingness on the part of President Buhari to honour his oath to provide security over Nigerians.
“In civilised nations, leaders who fail so spectacularly to provide security will do the honourable thing and resign.”
