APC governors seek Nigerians cooperation to end insecurity

The Progressives Governors Forum has appealed to Nigerians to set aside their ethnoreligious and political differences and unite in order to resolve the nation’s security challenges.

The PGF is the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Their call was contained in a statement titled, ‘Merry Christmas and 59 Happy Cheers to PGF Chairman, HE Abubakar Atiku Bagudu,’ signed by the forum’s Treasurer, who is also the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday.

The statement read in part, “The PGF enjoins all Nigerians to unite and work together, irrespective of our differences, to resolve all our security challenges. Under the leadership of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the forum members are confident that the nation will overcome all security challenges.”

Recall that about one week ago, over 300 students of the Government Science Senior Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, were abducted by gunmen from their hostels. The schoolboys were later released after six days in captivity.

The abduction was the latest in a series of mass abductions since over 200 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted in 2016.