Insecurity across the country is extremely pandemic. If appropriate panacea is not administered, the whole nation would be consumed. It is unfortunate that the political class, the prime culprit appears indifferent.
This menace is dangerously heightened in the country, more than any moment in our history as a nation. Nigerians are kidnapped, abducted, robbed, and killed almost every day by religious extremists, kidnappers, armed robbers, bandits and marauding herdsmen in every parts of the country. There is hardly any section of the country that is not a red spot.
The story of the Chibok girls and Buni Yadi boys is fast becoming a gory legend – a tale coated in sad and traumatic experiences in our security challenge and experience over the years. Yet all the Senate owed these innocent young Nigerians and millions of displaced persons scattered all over the country is lips service and political exploitation for their ulterior ends.
In spite the effort of the Buhari government in tackling the simultaneous sprouting of this peril in various part of the country, it appears the executive’s effort is a mere drop in the ocean. Like all concerned Nigerians, one would have expected that the National Assembly (NASS) would propose a motion that challenged the President as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to adopt proactive steps in tacking this challenge.
Should a minute silence and eloquent speech with zero effect on the lives of traumatized Nigerians whose blood are shed daily on the streets be the premium these NASS members can offer Nigerians? Yet the attitude of the senate on April, 24 2019 is a mirror of the political class and their approach to issues pertaining to common man on the street. It is an unfortunate situation the country finds itself with these crops of political class.
Do we need to wonder why Nigeria competes with war-torn countries like Syria, South Sudan, and Afghanistan as the most dangerous place to live on earth? Do we need to ponder why the killings in Benue state subsided when Governor Sam Ortom decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), only for pockets of killing to resurface after the general elections? Why do banditry, ethnic cleansing, and kidnapping swell in statistics?
The answer to these burning questions lies in the attitude of our political class, especially members of the NASS who are elected as representatives of the people primarily to speak and protect our interest as Nigerians. Sadly, they have adopted the insecurity challenge to protect their political interests.
How many lives would be lost before the political class is satisfied with these bloodlust? The death of thousands of Nigerians in Zamfara, Kaduna, Benue and of recent, Gombe keep IMPACT NEWS wondering how far the political class would go in shedding innocent blood to satisfy their ambition.
Shouldn’t the NASS join the million Nigerians traumatized by this monster to call for the removal of service chiefs and their replacement with officers and men who are ready to dispense their obligation with the urgency and diligence need at this stage?
This gross dereliction of fundamental responsibility of the government in protecting the lives and properties is a precarious call to anarchy. When government fails to keep up with its duty, citizens are left with the options of resolving to their fate or, take their destiny in their hands by arming themselves against insecurity. This is a dangerous resort that should only dwell not further than our imagination.
Government must as a matter of urgency halt this deliberate introversion, raise responsibility above “one minute silence” observance for victims of their irrational scramble for power in carrying out their responsibilities.
We demand that the senate make it a matter of responsibility to at every plenary debate on the release of Leah Shuarib and the Chibok girls as a sign of their commitment to secure the lives of Nigerians whom they swore to serve.
