Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth secretary-general, has called on the federal government to strengthen efforts at tackling increasing cases of killings and insecurity across the country.
Mr Anyaoku made the call on Sunday at the 2024 Summit and Award ceremony of the Old Boys Association of Merchants of Light School, Oba, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra.
Police had confirmed that 96 people were killed and 221 houses destroyed in December, in Plateau State, Nigeria’s North-central region, when gunmen attacked 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of the state.
In several cities in Nigeria, heinous crimes, including insurrection, banditry, and kidnapping, have led to the killings of innocent citizens.
Mr Anyaoku noted that the ugly trend of killings has continued unabated because of the lack of arrests and subsequent prosecution of perpetrators of the dastardly acts.
“The Federal Government should devote efforts to find…