The Jama\u2019atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has urged the Federal Government and the States to take concrete actions against insecurity.<\/p>\n
The group in a statement by the Secretary-General, Khalid Aliyu on Thursday warned that insecurity in Nigeria may become uncontrollable.<\/p>\n
They also told the authorities to immediately take control of forests and swampy areas occupied by outlaws.<\/p>\n
The Islamic leaders also demanded the arrest and prosecution of all criminals and gangs.<\/p>\n
\u201cProactive measures should be taken in nipping the situations from the bud, before becoming uncontrollable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe advise the governments to strategise and bring an end to orgies of killings; desperate situations need desperate measures,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
JNI further called for the identification and trial of the \u201cunknown gunmen\u201d terrorizing the South-East.<\/p>\n
For the region, they suggested the constitution of a joint task force to stem the rising tide of killings.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernments at all levels should act beyond mere verbal condemnations on security related matters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The statement stressed that the spate of the horrendous butchering of human lives must be halted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Jama\u2019atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has urged the Federal Government and the States to take concrete actions against insecurity. The group in a statement by the Secretary-General, Khalid Aliyu on Thursday warned that insecurity in Nigeria may become uncontrollable. They also told the authorities to immediately take control of forests and swampy areas occupied by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":190896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[83,38012,303,38559],"class_list":["post-190890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-insecurity","tag-islamic-leaders","tag-nigeria","tag-uncontrollable"],"yoast_head":"\n