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BUHARI, OTHERS SHOULD HAVE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER INSECURITY — Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has said that the issue of insecurity in the country, especially in the North should give the government sleepless nights.

 JNI’s Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu in a statement urged the military to do more to bring an end to the menace of insecurity in the country.

He noted that the insecurity bedevilling some parts of the country especially the Northwestern states is an extension of Boko Haram. 

According to the JNI, “the repeated massacre of people, as well as the senseless burning of houses and livestock in Borno, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Niger States and indeed other states such as Adamawa, Kaduna and Taraba, should give governments and its functionaries at both federal and state levels sleepless nights.

 “By now, an instantaneous pronouncement followed by robust actions should have been made by the government of the day, not verbal warnings and condemnations dished out to the perpetrators of the murderous acts.”

 The statement further noted that “as stakeholders, we strongly believe that the repeated killings are blameworthy, and no one found culpable in this gross act of negligence should be spared.

“In all honesty, all erring personnel would have been dealt with decisively by now or they themselves should have honourably resigned, as oftentimes seen in other climes.

 “The most pathetic of all these incidences were that even the normal administrative panels of inquiries are not considered, not to talk of a thorough investigative panel, where at least citizens would appear and ventilate their feelings.

 “Isn’t the government of the day a popular government? “Is it not a participatory government? “Why doesn’t public opinion(s) matter to it?

Or isn’t public opinion(s) considered an ingredient to the government of the day?” 

The JNI also queried the sincerity of the armed forces fight against insecurity just at it alluded to the rumours making the rounds that security operatives do not want the war on Boko Haram to end, ‘because of the lucrative benefits they allegedly derive therefrom.’

 “Make no mistake, the insecurity bedevilling NorthWestern states and some of the North Central states are more or less an extension of Boko Haram.

 “Take, for instance, the person (one of the gang leaders) responsible for terrorizing neighbouring communities in the forests of Katsina and Zamfara axis is called Kachalla (a Kanuri usual name), which is, of course, one tragedy too many for Nigeria!

“We will, therefore, continue to ask questions: how have the perpetrators been able to gain access to such communities to successfully perpetrate such heinous crimes unabated?

 “How comes they were not prevented or intercepted?  Does it mean that when they were en-route no security or informants provided any hint? “How have the perpetrators been able to have access to weapons, despite the Nigerian borders’ closure? “Some will argue that it isn’t lethal, such as bombings!

 “Then if so, where is the humanity in us? “As you cannot claim to be a man of faith, without having the feeling of humanity in you!

 “We ask again, aren’t the security operatives conversant with Sun Tzu’s Five Types of Spies in his The Art of War: local, inside, double, doomed and surviving?


 “And that no one must discover your methods. Moreover, what stops the use of other manoeuvres if what is in place isn’t yielding the desired results?  “Indeed, there is much more than meets the eye in the way the insecurity incidences were being handled by security agencies,” he stated.


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