Sardauna Memorial:  “We won’t stand aloof and see the North decay” – Al-Mustapha

Hamza al Mustapha reaffirms

Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha, (rtd), has reaffirmed their commitment to getting the North back on track, and to get it totally unified.

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Speaking to newsmen at the sidelines of an event  in memory of Sardauna Ahmadu Bello, the Premier of Northern Nigeria in Kaduna, the former CSO said it would be wrong for them to sit idly and watch the North decay.

According to al-Mustapha, in order to bring back the North on the path of progress, “we know we would hurt people. It is better to hurt people and get it back on course for us to achieve what we desire,so that the country at the final end,would be the beneficiary of the unity in the North”.

He explained that “institutions that are in the 19 Northern States are either weak, or not there at all.We are seeing gaps that are responsible for the social ills bedevilling the region. Therefore, identifying the problems, and rather than seeing succour, we would always continue to see crime rate being on the increase, which is a capital shame.

“We cannot sit and say we are from the North and continue to see institutions decay, with crime rate on the increase, leaders indifferent, younger ones in disarray, and we believe that is the right environment to be. That is why, when you allow wounds to get bad definitely, in the process of healing, there must be pains.

“So, without mincing words, we are calling for processes of healing. Not only calling, we are part and parcel of it. We may say one or two things, that may disturb segments of leadership, old and young; it matters not”.

The ex-CSO further said, “Our intention is to get the North back on track, and to get it totally unified. To do so, we know we would hurt people. It is better to hurt people and get it back on course for us to achieve what we desire, so that the country in the end, would be the beneficiary of the unity in the North”.

‘If that is achieved, the economy would be affected, security, social problems, the politics in itself, politics and polity, democracy would be healthier; and then I envisage other parts of the country would also copy.

“So, we are starting here, not only to speak; the speaking is to get the leaders and the younger ones awakened, for us to now march forward, outline plans.

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Al-Mustapha also alleged that incumbent leaders from the region are direction-less and appear not to care for their States.

“When it comes to sitting as 19 Northern State governors, to chart a course, where they can have think-tanks on social development, developmental programmes, education, security, welfare, well-being of the citizenry; we don’t see any of such being at the centre”, he alleged.

According to him, their Kaduna meeting which coincided with the unfortunate assassination of Sardauna, Ahmadu Bello on January 15th,1966, would not end there, pointing out that there would be numerous other things that would be going on, God-willing.

“There are people whom we believe, steps  such as these are hurting them; because they enjoy if everybody is in a direction-less attitude within the environment. But unifying the North is all that matters”, he stated.

Al-Mustpha said all they are calling for is leadership that matters, and not people who only love the funfair, running away from the responsibilities of the offices they are holding.

He expressed sympathy over what happened on January 15th 1966, and to the the condition of the common man in the North, and Nigeria as a nation. “It may be bitter for them to hear, but that is the fact”, he emphasised.

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