The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has debunked a rumour in the social media that Muslims are planning a total massacre of Christians residing in the Northern part of the country, describing the rumour as baseless and an evil imagination of some people who do not wish the country well.
The Chairman of the forum and Niger State Governor,? Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu also refuted reports of alleged plan by Christians to bomb mosques in some parts of the region, saying such rumours do? not contain any iota of truth.
Aliyu stated this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Danladi Ndayebo, and made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday.
The governor also? appealed to Nigerians not to allow any group of persons to hide under any ideology or religion to perpetrate evil, saying? that government was working hard to overcome the current security challenges? facing the nation.
On the civil disturbances arising from the protest against the removal of fuel subsidy in Minna, the Niger State capital, Aliyu urged all law-abiding citizens in the state to continue to respect constituted authority. He assured that the state government was always ready to provide security for them and their properties.
He advised the people of the state not to allow themselves to be used by miscreants who now take laws into their hands by burning public and private property, blocking of roads and extorting money from innocent citizens.