{"id":176489,"date":"2025-08-28T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/insecurity-declare-state-of-emergency-in-katsina-zamfara"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:21:03","slug":"insecurity-declare-state-of-emergency-in-katsina-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-declare-state-of-emergency-in-katsina-zamfara","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity Declare State of Emergency in Katsina Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has reiterated its call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Katsina and Zamfara states to address the spate of insecurity in both states.<\/p>\n<p>The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, reiterated the call on Thursday when he appeared as a guest on Arise Television.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi stressed that declaring a state of emergency would not mean removing elected governors but applying extraordinary measures to restore peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have information that bandits have taken over large swathes of Zamfara, extracting taxes from citizens, abducting people, and slaughtering them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you could declare a state of emergency in Rivers State where no lives were lost, what stops you from doing the same in Zamfara, where Nigerians are being killed daily?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC spokesman also reacted to comments by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, urging Nigerians to learn survival and self-defense skills, stressing that the government still bears the primary duty of protecting citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy saying people should learn to defend themselves, he was admitting that what we have in place is inadequate. I agree completely with that,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has reiterated its call on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Katsina and Zamfara states to address the spate of insecurity in both states. 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