Attai Audu Jos
The Northern Governors Forum has described the assassination of Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters Ahmed Gulak in Owerri as most unfortunate and totally condemnable and unacceptable .
Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong in a statement issued in Jos through his Director of Press and public affairs Dr Simon Makut Macham and made available to Oracle Reporters, said the sad event is a criminal act that must be condemned in totality.
Lalong said the killing of Gulak must be seen as a criminal act and treated as such, warning against insinuations and politicization that could lead to further violence.
He said the report by the police that it has identified and engaged the suspected killers of the late politician should further be consolidated upon to enable security agencies forestall future occurrence.
Similarly, the Northern Governors Forum has expressed disgust over yet another abduction of innocent citizens across 3 local Government areas of Niger State including students and teachers of an Islamiya school.
According to Chairman Northern Governors Forum Lalong, this horrible situation needs to be brought to an end in order to give respite for the people to engage in their legitimate activities without molestation”.
He reiterated the commitment of the Forum to work with the security agencies and the Federal Government towards tackling the ugly high level of insecurity in the region and the nation at large.
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