Ali Ndume,
a Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly has blamed
inadequate security personnel and lack of enough weapons for the delay in
ending insurgency and other security challenges in the country, particularly
the North- East.
The
senator, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, was reacting to
the incessant attacks by Boko Haram in the country, especially the attack on
Mainok Army Base on Monday.
Speaking
to BBC Hausa on Tuesday, Ndume said it is not that the government is not making
efforts to end Boko Haram, “but the efforts put in place to tackle the problem
forced the terrorist to launch more attacks to show that they are still strong,
and especially where they can get weapons. Just like what they did at Mainok.”
On whether
there are people feeding the insurgents with information especially among the
soldiers, Senator Ndume said it is possible that there are informants behind
the terrorism among the security but only God knows.
“This is
not a war between two countries, it’s happening within Nigeria. Therefore it is
possible they get information from some people and that is why we are facing
these problems.”
He advised
that more security personnel should be employed and redeployed to the region
for the fight against terrorism to succeed, adding that nowhere in the country
is peaceful presently.
“My advice
is that since there is no region in the country that is peaceful presently, and
this is due to the security personnel are not enough and they don’t have enough
weapons, some measures have to be taken.
“I have
been saying this many times whenever a situation like this happens then there
is a need to add more security personnel and more weapons also should be
added.”
He added
that some soldiers had spent over five years in one location and that they
should be redeployed for some to rest and new ones to take over.
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