Peoples’ Gazette
The federal government has blamed the prolonged activities of insurgents and bandits in northern Nigeria on political elites and religious leaders, saying that all “security stakeholders” in the region have been compromised by insurgents and bandits.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in June, reported that Boko Haram terrorists have killed about 350,000 people in the North-East, of whom 90 per cent were children, Peoples Gazette reported.
Similarly, bandits have continued to kill and abduct schoolchildren enmasse in coordinated attacks across Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Kebbi State for ransom.
A fighter jet of the Nigerian Air Force was also downed by bandits in Zamfara State a few weeks ago.
At a security security summit organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday, the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, lamented lingering insecurity, saying “all security stakeholders” have been compromised.
Mr Magashi, who was represented by his Special Adviser Ahmed Jibrin, said the absence of political and traditional elites from their consistencies has allowed insecurity fester in the region. He also blamed religious leaders for not antagonising extremist views.
“The political and traditional elite at the local level are at most times not present in their constituencies and therefore create the vacuum that insurgents, terrorists and bandits fill in the administration of local authorities,” said Mr Magashi.
“What about the failure of our religious and opinion leaders who do not provide counter narratives to the misguided religious zealots, as well as sustainable engagement of the local population by regional and community leaders?”
Mr Magashi further asserted that intelligence gathering in the troubled zones has been weakened by the influence of terrorists and bandits on all security stakeholders in the region.
“What appears to be the most apparent is the lack of efficient intelligence system or lack of will to utilise the provided intelligence in carrying out security operations by the military and paramilitary agencies, as all security stakeholders appear to be compromised by the insurgents in the North-East as well as bandits/kidnappers in the North-West and North-Central Central,” Mr Magashi said.
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The era fulani criminals from Guinea deceived northern natives and kept them under fulani rulership is over and gone forever. Fulani criminals from Guinea under 1804 fulani caliphate with its emirates used the phrase like “Northern Interest” to deceive northern natives and kept them under fulani rulership. They used to label northern natives which opposed fulani caliphate with its emirates terrorists, mobilized their thugs nickname military, police etc. against such northern natives which opposed fulani caliphate with its emirates. El-zakzaky is example, Boko Haram, ISWAP who are Kanuri people etc. are examples.
We this territory natives who owns the land have defeated 1804 fulani caliphate with its emirates the way we defeated 1914 amalgamation of British bandits in 1960. We’re now the government over our God given native lands in which the six geopolitical zones are sovereign states. Hausa people, Kanuris etc. of the north will be traditional rulers, religious leaders, political office holders etc. over their God given native lands under their sovereign states. Southern natives will have democratic capacity under their sovereign states to fix their lands, economies.
Natives of the six geopolitical zones under interim governments of their sovereign states, must establish embassy in Russia Federation etc. of Southern Countries Union now to coordinate military and diplomatic operations for their sovereign states.
Defeated fulani criminals must find their way back to Guinea- dead or alive in this 2021 the way defeated British bandits find their way back to Britain in 1960. Only the Sword decides.