Declare total war on Boko Haram, ACF tells FG

A Northern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, has
asked the Federal Government to declare a total war on the violent
Boko Haram sect.
The ACF said that if need be, the Federal Government should recall
trained and retired members of the armed forces and other security
agencies to execute the war against the insurgents.
The group arrived at this conclusion following an emergency meeting
held on Friday in Kaduna.
In a communiqué signed by its Board of Trustees Deputy Chairman, Air
Vice-Marshal Moukhtar Mohammed (retd), and the Secretary-General, Col.
John Ubah (retd), the ACF urged the Federal Government to brace-up and
end the destruction of lives and property being perpetrated by the
insurgents in some parts of the North.
The communiqué read, "The Board of Trustees and the National Working
Committee of the ACF held an emergency joint meeting at the
headquarters under the Chairmanship of Alhaji Adamu Fika, BoT
Chairman. The joint meeting deliberated with great pains on the
continuous deteriorating security situation in the country, especially
in the North and consequently resolved as follows;
"That the Federal Government should seriously address the spate of
continued and increasing violence with consequent loss of lives and
property, with the aged, men, women and children being dislocated and
made refugees in their own country and neighbouring countries, and who
largely remain uncared for.
"That the Federal Government should brace up and bring an end to this
unnecessary wanton destruction of lives and property.
"That the Federal Government be advised to seriously consider the
possibilities of using available trained and battle- tested reservoir
of manpower of the retired Armed Forces and other security agencies to
participate in bringing to end this current menace of wanton
destruction."