Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said that the North-west zone has become a massive crime scene.
He made the remarks while speaking at a public forum in Abuja on Monday, March 3.
Kukah said;
“The indicators are not regular at all. We were told that in the North-west alone, 4,500 incidents of violent attacks were recorded, over 20,000 people lost their lives, and 76 per cent of the abductions that took place in northern Nigeria occurred in the North-west.
The North-west has become a massive crime scene, and we cannot run away from that reality.
As non-state actors or ordinary civilians, the truth is that it has become clear to us that the problems Nigeria faces now, and the violent extremism that has permeated our society, cannot be resolved by military force or through political means alone.
Something different has to happen. I cannot prescribe what it is, but I think that a collective decision by ordinary men and women, children, and elders in communities can help build a wall of resilience.
This resilience doesn’t necessarily stop people from coming in, but it gives us inner strength. Our collective survival would have to depend on how willing we are to work and stand together.”
He said there was no civilisation without a significant role and place for women in society, stressing, “In Africa, there are many horrible and bad cultural practices that have become predominant, which we must abandon.”
