[READ & SHARE] Produce Chibok girls, or forget 2015, Northern Elders tells Jonathan Via @iKanzee_RR

Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday, said
that President Goodluck Jonathan should
forget about contesting in 2015 if he fails to
produce the Chibok secondary school students
kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect in April.
According to statement, signed by Barrister
Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-
Ahmed, the group NEF states that it does not
believe that the Nigerian military cannot
defeat the terrorists, and that it feels the
conflicts in the country are simply being
engineered to weaken the North politically and
economically
“We also reject the notion that multiple
internal security challenges such as attacks
on villages, ethno-religions conflicts and
banditry springing up by the day in many
parts of the north are all a coincidence,” the
statement said. “Indeed, we are convinced
that most of these conflicts are being
engineered to weaken the North politically and
economically by interests which intend to
exploit such weaknesses for electoral
benefits.”
NEF expressed strong displeasure over the
Boko Haram insurgency, the government’s
failure to deal with it, and the recent massacre
in Gwoza town in Borno State.
It said it was issuing the statement after
concluding a major review of the state of the
nation, and as part of its continuous
commitment to help to resolve Nigeria’s
current political, economic and security
challenges, and facilitate the emergence of a
more united, secure and prosperous nation
out of its present limitations.
“The security situation in our nation today
represents the most serious threat to our
individual and collective lives in our entire
history,” NEF warned.
It observed that the reality is that the threats
posed by what appears to be an insurgency
that has many manifestations and defies a
clear and consistent identity is growing on
account of a clear national consensus over its
nature and it solutions.
“The lack of a strong will at the level of the
presidency to fight it, as well as deep-seated
corruption and incompetence in governments
and in the management of our security
challenges has allowed a band of terrorists to
take and hold vast parts of our land and
populations hostage, while every citizen lives
in fear that they will be its next victim.”
Asking Mr. Jonathan to forfeit 2015 unless he
produces the Chibok girls, the Northern Elders
warned, “In the light of our firm conviction
that the insurgency and related security
challenges pose threats to the 2015 elections
and the survival of our nation, we strongly
advise President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to
bring an end to the insurgency in all its
manifestations and produce the Chibok girls
before the end of October, 2014. The
circumstances under which our fellow citizens
in and around Gwoza in Borno state in
particular live and die will not be tolerated by
any people who have a government and a
leader sworn to defend them, and they must
be reversed immediately. In the event that
President Jonathan fails to do this, Nigerians
will be left with the only conclusion that he
has forfeited his right to ask for our mandate
beyond 2015.”