CACOL Urges Drastic Action Against Insecurity  

4 years ago
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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has  expressed disgust over the rate on insecurity in the country,saying the   Federal Government  should take drastic action to  protect the lives and properties of Nigerians.
Mr. Debo Adeniran, the group’s executive chairman,noted  that the spate of insecurity in the country had been on the increase.
According to him, the citizens had been faced with gory sights of hapless Nigerians being either killed or kidnapped in various parts of the country on daily basis.
He said that last week alone, there were multiple attacks on lives and properties in parts of the country, which claimed at least 15 cops, five soldiers and 20 civilians.
These, he said, was apart from the killing of abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna, among other callousness freely exhibited by either terrorists or bandits in different parts of the country.
He said : “From all indications, it could be noticed that there is gross darkness in the land when it comes to security of lives and properties in the country today. From the North to the East, the story is the same. There is virtually no safe haven when it comes to security in the country today.
“Since the unfortunate outbreak of insurgency in the country, which has since risen to astronomical level, Nigerians of different hues and shades have expressed one form of disenchantment or the other as it concerns their fears over the state of helplessness and insecurity that have pervaded the land.
“It is noteworthy that many Nigerians, including senators and governors, have been calling on the President to seek foreign help to put a stop to the ceaseless bloodshed and kidnappings nationwide.”
According to him, the Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, his Niger State counterpart, Sani Bello, and Samuel Ortom of Benue State in separate interviews had warned that insecurity in the country was getting out of control and had urged the Federal Government to act fast as, even as 21 people were killed across the country.
He added  that insecurity in Niger State was brought to the fore at the Senate last Tuesday as Senator Musa in his motion, corroborated the governor’s statement, saying that many communities in the state were under the control of Boko Haram.
The CACOL boss quoted Musa as sayig: “About 42 communities across the two local government areas of Shiroro and Munya have so far fallen under the Boko Haram control with about 5,000 villagers already displaced in the last three days.
“They have kidnapped many and their wives seized from them and forcefully attached to Boko Haram members.This is why CACOL, as a civil society organisation, is lending its voice to the call on the President, who incidentally is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, to fully take charge of the appalling security situation in the country.
“The primary responsibility of government is to secure the lives and properties of its citizens and the President cannot shy away from this responsibility.
“The whole security architecture of the country should be rejiged and if need be, the President should not be too arrogant to seek foreign help, who can assist with the needed personnel and technological knowhow needed to fight this seemingly insurmountable battle.
“The current security challenge being faced by the country, though sad and unfortunate, is one burden too heavy to bear by the people who are already confronted with dilapidated social infrastructures,  power outage, low disposable income and corruption in high places.It  therefore offers us an another opportunity to refocus this nation and salvage it from its age-long path to perdition that makes its teeming population to hibernate between hopelessness and disillusionment”
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