Bombing: Grand design to push north into deeper crisis – JNI...

The Muslim umbrella body in the north, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Tuesday raised an alarm of what it called a grand design to push the entire north into deeper crises and by extension the Nigerian federation.
Reacting to Monday’s multiple bomb explosion in Kano in which several people died, the JNI in a statement signed by its secretary General, Dr. Khalid Aliyu Abubakar, wondered why the killing of innocent people have continued unabated especially in the north.
The body said that the repeated acts of bombings call for concerted introspection, as they point to the fact that there is the urgent need for proactive and effective ways of addressing these precarious security upheavals presently being witnessed in the country.
The statement made available to The Nation reads: “Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) once again under the leadership of His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General, received with bewilderment the news of the orchestrated multiple bomb blasts which were reported to have occurred yesterday night, at Sabon Gari, Kano, Kano State resulting in collateral damages and many lives lost.
“We strongly condemn the inhuman and ungodly act in its totality as it is reprehensible, and we equally call for calm and restrain. As it has always been our prayers, whatsoever is the intent/motive of the perpetrators of these contemptible acts, they will never succeed insha’Allah.
“JNI is perplexed that this act of unleashing terror on human lives continued unabated, despite visible number of uncountable security check-points mounted all through Northern Nigeria. More worrisome is the fact that this beastly act of terror comes just 24 hours after unleashing same on fishermen and traders in Kaka and Kukawa Local Government Areas of Borno State, which also claimed many innocent lives and loss of many properties worth millions of naira.”
“These repeated acts call for concerted introspection, as they again point to the fact that there is the urgent need for proactive and effective ways of addressing these precarious security upheavals presently being witnessed in the country.