Northern elders have appealed to President Muhamadu Buhari
to device a new approach to restore peace in the region considering that the
current security situation in the area has grounded educational, economic and
sociopolitical activities.
The elders who reiterated their call for an urgent sack of
service chiefs and a total restructuring of the nation’s security architecture
alleged that the region is under siege but was being underreported by the
media.
The Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development,
while analyzing the security situation in the area claimed it would take over
100 years for the region to recover from the destruction, killings and trauma
associated with the insecurity unless the situation is brought under total
control immediately.
A statement by the Coalition’s National Coordinator, Engr.
Zana Goni, maintained that it was time to try new hands in the security sector,
since according to the elders; the situation in the region was not getting any
better.
The elders also threatened to mobilize Nigerians from other
parts of the country against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023
if the administration does not end the killings in the Northern region.
The coalition, however, applauded the appointment of the
former Military Administrator of Lagos State, General Buba Marwa as the
Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, describing it as a right
step in the right direction.
While stressing that drug abuse is one of the instigators of
insecurity in the North, the Northern Elders tasked the new NDLEA boss to be
more decisive with drugs peddlers.
“The inability of the service chiefs to change the game
against terrorists, bandits and kidnappers threatens the existence of the
region despite the heavy investment made by the president to ensure restoration
of peace.
“As we write this to present our plight to the public, there
is no school opened to academic activities in the region, except perhaps in
Maiduguri metropolis of Borno State. Farmers can’t go to farms anymore
especially in the North East, fearing our concerns of severe famine if the
situation is not immediately addressed.
“Also, markets, buying and selling besides other economic
activities have been brought to a total halt as a result of the activities of
terrorists, bandits and kidnappers. There is equally no social activities
anymore in the region as people preferably stay in their various houses now to
avert being prowled on by the adversaries, “the statement said.
“Until we change the security architecture, nothing
meaningful will be achieved in the war against insecurity,” it claimed.
“The current service chiefs have tried so far but it is
obvious they are now bereft of new ideas and zeal to change the game against
adversaries, hence the need for them to leave the centre stage of security
management to younger officers with fresh ideas.
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