Nigeria: Insecurity in North - Abdulsalami Abubakar Urges Bombers to Sheathe Swords

19 December 2012

Former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday said that insecurity in the northern part of Nigeria is gradually destroying the economy of the region and therefore, urged those who have grievances against the government to embrace dialogue and give peace a chance.

Abdulsalami, who spoke on the heels of the current state of insecurity in the country, particularly in the North, at Government House Minna where the IBB University Endowment Fund Board of Trustees was inaugurated, stated that bombing and carnage being perpetrated by insurgence groups were of no benefit to the country or the North.

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