Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has accused Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, some state governors and religious leaders of speaking for terrorists.
Yesufu, a co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, spoke at the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, annual law week in Calabar, Cross River State.
She urged professional bodies should wake up to their responsibilities of defending citizens.
“Terrorists have governors speaking for them, they have the Minister of Information, religious rulers all speaking up for them. Who do citizens have speaking up for them?
“The professional bodies, most especially the NBA must wake up to its responsibilities,” she said.
A leading Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, had after a recent meeting with bandits, said the Federal Government knows their hideouts.
However, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had said the government can not destroy forests where bandits use as hideouts to carry out their criminal activities.
The minister claimed the ecosystem would be affected if the government decides to destroy forests which the bandits use as hideouts.
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