Northern Governors meet to stem another religious rebellion

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Femi Adi/ Kaduna
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno StateGovernor of 19 northern states under the auspices of Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF on Saturday met in Kaduna to take measures to prevent aggrieved members of the Shi’ite sect from taking up arms in Kaduna State like the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s north east.
The governors who admitted the north already has its cup full with the serious problems of Boko Haram to contend with, said they wanted to look into how to ensure that last week’s deadly clash in Zaria between the Shiite sect and the army does not provide room for anyone or group to perpetuate violence in any of the 19 northern States.
In his opening remark during an emergency meeting held at General Usman Hassan Katsina State House today, Chairman of Northern States Governors Forum and Borno Governor , Alhaji Kashim Shettima said though the forum was not in any way comparing the Shi’ite Islamic Movement with Boko Haram, it does not want the same mistake that happened over the Boko Haram crisis to repeat itself.
Beside, Shettima said Kaduna is very central to northern Nigerian interest.
” Kaduna is to us, what Lagos is to the South West. What affects Kaduna State invariably affects the whole north.”
Kaduna as the former headquarters of the northern Nigeria , must be accorded the relevance it deserves. “We have a duty to preserve history and our values by coming here. ”
According to Shettima ,when Boko Haram went wild in July, 2009 with clashes between them and the police in Bauchi on 25th and 26th in Maiduguri, most Nigerians saw the issues as the problems of Bauchi and Borno.
He further said that when the sect continued to attack Borno and Yobe, it became the …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper