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Declare state of emergency in North-West, others over insecurity, Islamic clerics urge FG
5 years agoA vehicle overloaded with goods arrives in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, on September 21, 2021. - On one of the routes taken by the camel caravans during the trans-Saharan trade era, the town of Sokoto is still, two centuries later, a major commercial crossroads for millions of people living in the far north-west of the country. Nigeria. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Islamic clerics, including Imams and other Muslim scholars in Kaduna State, have urged the Federal Government to declare state of emergency in North-West and Niger State to end security challenges in the troubled zone.