Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), says
Nigerians are tired of the country’s worsening insecurity and are gravitating
towards self-help.
He spoke on Thursday while briefing state house
correspondents on the outcome of the national security council meeting presided
over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja.
The NSA who was joined by Usman Alkali, inspector general of
police (IGP), admitted that the country is in a difficult situation, saying
that the president is aware of the people’s concerns.
He said the growing insecurity is driving Nigerians to
self-help, adding that the council has agreed on new strategies to combat the
threats.
“Today’s meeting was
convened by the president, as a continuation of the meeting that took place last
week to discuss the technical issues and the taskings that were given to the
various security agencies,” he said.
“Again, the council deems it necessary to inform the general
public, that fighting this type of asymmetric conflict is a collective effort.
It’s not something that should be confined to only the security, intelligence,
and law enforcement agencies.
“When we keep saying whole of society approach, whole of
government approach; to get a whole of nation approach, what it means is that
everybody has to partake in this enterprise.
“The truth is that no
country can ever overcome the difficulties of an asymmetric conflict by virtue
of the fact that the enemy of the state is embedded within the population
within the wider society.
“It is true that the local people are averse, they’re
scared, they’re worried and there’s no confidence. That is understandable. But
without their support, the cooperation in terms of giving information, it makes
it very hard for the operational elements.
“We are in a very difficult situation. And Council
understands. Mr. President understands people’s concerns about the growing
insecurity. But I can assure you that there’s no straight cut and dried method
of dealing with this thing unless all of us embrace each other.
“I know people are weary, people are tired, people are
beginning to gravitate to other places for self-help. The truth is that help is
rooted in everyone working for the other person.”
Monguno said the council is in the process of winding up an
investigation on the attack on the Kuje correctional centre in the federal
capital territory (FCT).
The NSA said those found culpable will be “held accountable
for their deeds”.
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