ACF Raises Alarm Over Suspicious Movements In Nigeria Borders

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said developments in Nigeria’s northern borders could aggravate the insecurity bedeviling the nation and further darken the cloud of apprehension that pervades it.

The group, in a statement by its chairman, Audu Ogbe, on Friday, said it was concerned by the incursion of some questionable characters into the country from neighbouring nations.

Ekohotblog reports that Ogbe said fleets of camels carrying heavy and humongous baggage are crossing into Nigeria borders on a daily basis.

The group noted that the baggage was able to find its way into Nigeria territory with little or no hiccups due to the porous nature of the country’s North-west region border.

Ogbeh, a former minister of agriculture, added that the baggage came in freely into the country with little or no checks by relevant security agencies.

However, the forum urged the federal government to look into the situation immediately so as not to risk eroding the relatively fragile peace that the country still enjoys.

“At the last meeting of our National Executive Council (NEC), in October 2020, our members, particularly from Sokoto and Zamfara, reported that large consignments of camels were crossing our borders into Nigeria with a lot of baggage on their backs on a daily basis.

“And they observed that nobody checks their baggage and nobody knows what is being brought into Nigeria,” Mr. Ogbeh said.

“The ACF is alarmed that if this kind of situation persists at a time when weapons of all kinds are coming into our country, it will worsen the climate of terror and national uncertainty.

“The ACF wants to alert the government about this situation, if they are not aware of it and if they are aware of it, to ask what they are doing about it,” he added.