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North East elders under the aegis of Coalition of Northern East Elders for Peace and Development (CNEEPD) have denounced insinuations that they were paid to campaign for the sack of service chiefs over the country’s worsening security situation, saying their call was borne out of patriotism.
This is even as it accused Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) of being insensitive to the plight of thousands of people in the North East affected by banditry, terrorism and other security challenges.
CNEEPD’s National Coordinator, Zana Goni, in a statement,yesterday,said only anti-people and anti-progress individuals and groups would attack those calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the service chiefs of their appointments even in the face of consistent violent attacks on citizens, particularly in Nigeria’s North East, North West and North Central.