The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), on Wednesday, raised the alarm over what it describes as a coordinated and escalating onslaught against Northern Nigeria, alleging that foreign interests and domestic saboteurs are collaborating to destabilise the region and plunge the country into deeper insecurity.
CNG expressed concern that the United States, despite its advanced intelligence capabilities, has fallen for a “dangerous propaganda narrative” portraying the violence in Plateau and Benue as genocide, while overlooking the far heavier casualties recorded in Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kebbi, Borno, and other northern states.
In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, the group said the recent surge in violent attacks across the North bears the hallmarks of a deliberate and well-funded agenda, orchestrated both within and outside the country.
Charanchi said it was “alarming” th
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