Governors To Persuade Buhari To Sack Security Chiefs

Chairman of the Governors Forum and Zamfara state Governor, Abdulazeez Yari speaking during the visit. NAN

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Friday visited Plateau to commiserate with the people and government of the state over the recent killing of over 85 people by suspected herdsmen.

Chairman of the Forum and Zamfara state Governor, Abdulazeez Yari, led his colleagues on the condolence visit to the state.

They were received by Governor Simon Lalong and other senior government officials at the Government House in Jos, the state capital.

Speaking on behalf of the Forum, Yari said the forum would persuade President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve security chiefs of their duty, if they could not contain the security challenges facing the country.

Yari also informed Lalong that members considered the visit necessary to sympathise with the victims and people of the state and to extend their solidarity in the fight against terrorism across the country.

He condemned the killings and hinted the Plateau governor about the plan of the Forum to hold a meeting with the security chiefs to come up with a holistic solution to the security challenges in Nigeria.

Other governors who visited Plateau were Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Delta’s Ifeanyi Okowa, Aminu Tambuwal from Sokoto and Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa.