The self-styled Yoruba activist, Gani Adams, yesterday raised the alarm on the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is already sleepwalking into a collapse.
In an issued statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land declared that the development was caused by a criminal overdose of chronic pain inflicted on the country by the inaction and connivance of those in authority with terrorists and undesirable elements in the polity.
Calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly stop the drift into destruction, he said the series of serious security breaches in the country in the last few months is an indication that all is not well with the security architecture of Nigeria.
His words: “The insecurity situation has reached its peak with the threat by these terrorists to kidnap the President, governors and lawmakers. The presidential advance team was attacked in Katsina and even soldiers guarding the president were attacked in Abuja. Some of them were killed. It looks as if this administration has decided to force Nigerians to seek self-help.
“Painfully, Nigeria is going down, because it looks as if there is no government in the country. Millions of Nigerians are in pain; they are suffering. Mass abductions go on every day, yet not one victim has ever been rescued, except when a ransom is paid. The horrendous humiliation of Nigerians in their country by these terrorists should stop immediately.
“President Buhari can use his executive powers to allow the immediate establishment of State police with a mandate to flush out all the terrorists stationed in strategic places in the country. The President has about 10 months left in office. This is the time to redeem his image.
“Nigerians believe, and rightly so, that without high-level conspiracy with these terrorists, the blood-thirsty maniacs will not have the audacity and insolent boldness to be attacking Nigerians everywhere. Therefore, we urge the six governors in the South-West States to hold an urgent emergency security meeting with stakeholders across the region so as to address the impending implosion”.
“Nothing guarantees safety in any country or region other than the synergy and cooperation among all the stakeholders”, he further stated.
