Group decries spate of insecurity in Nigeria

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

A group under the auspices of Arewa Online Publishers’ Forums has condemned the spate of insecurity in the north and the nation at large where hundreds of law abiding citizens are daily being hewn down and killed.
The Chairman of the forum Mordecai Sunday Ibrahim disclosed this in a statement made available to media in kaduna yesterday.
The statement stated that the Federal Government is watching helplessly, adding that what is more worrisome is the fact that young Nigerian Army officers and soldiers are also not spared.
The Forum added that this ragtag army of hoodlums could be allowed into our national territory in the midst of many paramilitary and intelligence gathering security organizations such as Customs, Immigration, SSS, DMI, NIA, CIB and others is unacceptable.
“ It is a clear and unarguable sign of failure on the part of President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major General and former Head of State who has the constitutional powers and commands the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the Inspector General of Police, given the fact that national security is in the exclusive list.
“It is unimaginable to watch these hoodlums brandishing highly sophisticated and controlled weapons like AK47, General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), armoured cars, hand grenades, Rocket propeller launchers etc.
“ The billion dollar questions begging for answers are: who supplied these insurgents and kidnappers these weapons that are not commonly sold in the market?
“ If they bought them, who is funding them, where they buy them from, who issued them license to import and how did such weapons find their ways into the country with Customs, Immigration, Police and other security personnel at our borders?
“ These continued killings of defenceless citizens is not because our officers and men are incapable of handling the situation, but obviously because the fighting spirit of our officers and soldiers in the front has been badly battered.
“ The law of diminishing return has since set in and is negatively affecting the top echelon of our military – the service chiefs.
“The aura of the State Power has seriously diminished, as the hoodlums ravaging our nation are no longer afraid to carry out their evil enterprise.”