Senate President Senator David Mark on Wednesday lamented the unabating activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of Nigeria, describing their action as a plot to destabilise the country.
Mark made the observation after he had decorated police officers attached to his office, who were recently promoted, with their new ranks.
He pleaded with Nigerians to rise up against “the orchestrated plot to destabilise the country.”
Mark stated, “If the perpetrators of these violent crimes would not come to the negotiating table to dialogue with authorities in order to address whatever grievances they may have, government would be left with no option than to deploy its might to deal with the situation.”
He noted that government could no longer tolerate a situation where insurgents and terrorists continued to hold it and the citizens hostage.
He said, “No matter how disgruntled or angry they may be, they cannot continue to kill our citizens and destroy properties at will as way of life. It is a high time wise counsel prevails among these insurgents to drop their arms and embrace peace.
“Nigeria is passing through very difficult times and challenges and certainly does not need these wars and destructions .
“We need to live and work together as free people . We need a country where all citizens have equal opportunities, where no one is oppressed or molested.”
Mark also sympathised with Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, whose convoy was attacked by gunmen at Tse -Kenyi village while inspecting the destroyed community.
He said the situation called for vigilance on the part of every citizen just as he asked for support and cooperation for the security operatives to succeed in the onerous task of protecting lives and properties.
Police officers decorated with their new ranks of Assistant Superintendents of Police were Odufu Boniface , Ibrahim Omaga and Oni John while Ndamshe Nanzing was decorated as Police Inspector.
Meanwhile, Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for greater sub-regional synergy to tame the menace of insurgency in West Africa.
Ekweremadu, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Uche Anichukwu, made the call during separate working visits to the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, and the Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves, in Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Whoever that says that Nigeria will not have peace is that person and their generations that will never have peace
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