Nigeria, June 30 -- Northern Elders Forum's Prof. Abubakar Jiddere claimed they were "shaken to the Core" after 18 people in Quan-Pan including women and children were waylaid on their way to a wedding. They were hacked, slaughtered and set ablaze in Plateau State. He said: "This premeditated atrocity is not only a crime against humanity but a stark indictment of a nation losing its grip on the most basic duty of governance, the protection of human life."

Late Adamu Ciroma insisted in 2011 a Northerner must replace President Umaru Yar'adua, not Jonathan to avoid chaos in 2011. What you wish for may come back to haunt you. Our Northern brothers are bleeding today the way many of us bled across Nigeria without any help from those elected a...