{"id":63889,"date":"2025-04-07T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63889"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:07:41","slug":"declare-state-of-emergency-in-plateau-others-acf-tells-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/07\/declare-state-of-emergency-in-plateau-others-acf-tells-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Declare State of Emergency in Plateau, Others, ACF Tells FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Arewa Consultative Forum has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Plateau and other states plagued by relentless attacks from armed gangs, as deadly assaults continue to claim lives and devastate communities.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the brutal attacks of March twenty eighth in Plateau State, which left scores of people, including children, dead, the northern group described the situation as intolerable and deeply distressing.<\/p>\n<p>The ACF urged President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action to restore law and order in regions under siege by terrorists and bandits.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Professor Tukur Muhammad Baba, expressed profound grief over the attacks, condemning the senseless violence that has overwhelmed defenseless communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ACF deeply mourns the dead and unequivocally condemns the attacks,&#8221; he declared, adding that &#8220;We extend our heartfelt condolences to the affected communities, the Government, and the people of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand in solidarity with the grieving families, praying for the repose of the souls of the deceased and for strength and healing for the survivors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Professor Muhammad Baba stressed that the scale of devastation caused by armed groups in recent years must not be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>He called for urgent measures to reclaim the affected territories and restore normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The country cannot afford to dismiss the alarming statistics of deaths, injuries, and the destruction of property that these ruthless terror gangs have inflicted over the years,&#8221; he warned.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum insisted that only a bold and immediate declaration of a state of emergency could signal the government&#8217;s resolve to end the carnage and return peace to the afflicted regions.<\/p>\n<p>As pressure mounts, all eyes are now on the Federal Government to heed the call and take decisive steps to halt the bloodshed and secure the lives of citizens trapped in conflict zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye The Arewa Consultative Forum has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Plateau and other states plagued by relentless attacks from armed gangs, as deadly assaults continue to claim lives and devastate communities. Reacting to the brutal attacks of March twenty eighth in Plateau State, which left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63891,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63889\/revisions\/63891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}