Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
says the insecurity in Nigeria today is worse than the Nigeria Civil
War, which lasted for three years.
Atiku said on Friday that the situation
was made worse because of the lack of attention to security of lives and
property by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration.
The former vice-president, in an
interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation
monitored in Kaduna on Friday, noted that when he was in government,
much attention was given to security unlike now when the security agents
were not provided with the necessary equipment to work.
According to Atiku, based on his
suggestion while in government, they were able to recruit 50,000
policemen on a monthly basis to meet with the best international
standard.
He noted with regrets that today, security agents were neither trained nor equipped with the right materials to work with.
He said, “All you see today are security men with guns, which should not be the case.”
He said the kind of sophistication
emerging today in respect to the security challenges would be hard to
tackle because the money meant for the purpose had been allegedly
stolen.
Atiku said, “To tell the truth, all
through my lifetime in Nigeria, I have never witnessed such a
deteriorating state of security like what is happening now, it has
surpassed even what happened when we fought the civil war.
“But there are reasons for that; first,
our governments could not pay attention to the issue of security;
secondly, issues of security now are different from what obtained in the
past.
“Before, we had different categories of
security agents; we had those at the federal level, at the state level
and those at the local government level. But within the past few years,
you know, this arrangement has been collapsed into one.
“But with the kind of sophistication
that is emerging, unless those who understand it are engaged, it will be
difficult to resolve all these problems about insecurity.”
“They are unable to pay attention,
especially in releasing money for security and training of security
agents and buying of security gadgets for the agents to use in the
protection of lives and property.
“This money is stolen; in fact, they
steal this money….if not, why are we not seeing improvements? We don’t
see the security agents today with the gadgets that are necessary for
them to work with, we don’t see that.
“In Nigeria, the only thing you see
security agents holding is a gun. A gun is not the only thing a security
agent should have, there are many other gadgets.
“There is a difference between what
obtains now and what obtained when we were in power. I remember when we
were in power; I told the President that the number of policemen in the
country was not commensurate with the population.
“The President at that time allowed me
to be recruiting about 50,000 policemen every month. We started
recruiting them for about two years, and I bought working equipment for
the police. But after two years, it was stopped. So, you shouldn’t
accuse us. During our tenure, the situation had not deteriorated the way
it is now.”
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atiku should go and sit down he is the cause of insecurity in d noth wt buhari
ReplyDeleteask buhari,atiku,and emirs what is causing insecurity in d noth.jona can not kill him self becos of hausa.
ReplyDeleteshut ur stupid mouth Atiku, which civil war, did u live in the Eastern part of Nigeria? stupid man. shut ur mouth.
ReplyDeletei used to think that maybe you are sensible but at the moment only Babangida and maybe Ribadu are left up there who can talk sense. be your age and own up the facts that you are part of our insecurity one way or the other..OGE
ReplyDeletei used to think that maybe you are sensible but at the moment only Babangida and maybe Ribadu are left up there who can talk sense. be your age and own up the facts that you are part of our insecurity one way or the other..OGE
ReplyDeleteNigerians amaze me, wen u tel dem d truth dey dnt believe deliberately cos they r eithr benefitting from d evil or mere biase. Is it news da we have never had it ds bad? Or dat govt said bh men r ghosts yet av dem locked up? D govt is nt a serious one dats all,no capacity to deliver but God will judge.
ReplyDeleteAtiku is full of deceit, GEJ is confused and weak, other politicians are egoistic, a lot of Nigerians are biased based on ethnicity. What is the fate of the country? We are heading for a disaster if the situation is not salvaged, the question is now, BY WHO?
ReplyDeleteU are most foolman in Nigeria so shupt your mouth
ReplyDeleteAll d commentors are trouble monkeys whose their interest is 2 insult and disgraced. This shows dt u lacked moral behavior. Just pray 4 Nigeria 4 peace 2 reign.
ReplyDeletelike OGE said, u are part of Nigeria problems. talking of yr era, as if it was twenty years ago. the gadgets security men use are there b4 yr time: how many did u acquire for them. if u recruited 50 000 police monthly for 2yrs then we shld slow down.
ReplyDeleteNo iota of doubt, Atiku is an epitome of an ideal PDP person. He is a minus - 1 = equals to Nothing.
ReplyDeleteA vote for these hoodlums' PDP is a waste.
Open your eyes 9ja people.