By Dave Iyima
The Arewa Consultative Forum has received disturbing reports on increasing deadly attacks on some communities in Sokoto by armed bandits.
The most recent reports indicates that on Wednesday, the bandits attacked Garki, Kutuma and Kazuri villages under Sabon Birni Local Government.
This was contained in a statement Thursday by Emmanuel Yawe, National Publicity Secretary of ACF.
Other places under attack include Faji, Lanjega, Kadaye, Marakwa and Garin Ahmadu.
The reports said over 60 people were killed while others were injured and rushed to the hospital. Hundreds of those who survived are reported to have fled their homes for safety.
The Forum is disturbed by this wanton destruction of life and property of innocent, law abiding citizens in Northern Nigeria.
The Forum condoles with those who lost their loved ones, the wounded and those who have been displaced. We also sympathise with the Sokoto government over the loss of her citizens.
The Forum calls on both the Federal, State governments and security agents to close ranks and come up with adequate security measures to protect the citizenry.
For quite sometime now Sokoto has remained a relatively peaceful state surrounded by massive killings in Zamfara and Katsina. The federal government must hasten to deploy massive security assistance to Sokoto as it has done to the other states.
