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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