Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east, says Babagana
Monguno, the national security adviser (NSA), should resign over the rising
insecurity in the country.
Musa criticised the NSA for not being the first to inform
President Muhammadu Buhari of the threat by terrorists to kidnap him.
The senator spoke on Sunday in an interview with Channels
Television.
Last weekend, a video clip wherein terrorists threatened to
abduct Buhari and Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, surfaced on social
media.
Speaking on the development on Wednesday, el-Rufai had said
the president was unaware of the threat before he discussed the matter with
him.
Musa, an APC chieftain, said it is “self-indicting” that the
president was not in the loop of the issue.
“If it is true, going by the saying of Governor el-Rufai
that the president was not aware, that singular act is enough for the NSA to be
booted out,” he said.
“A country is bleeding and you will tell me that as the
helmsman to strategise how our security should be functioning, you are not
aware of this and the president cannot be informed. It is self-indicting.”
Speaking further on the rising insecurity, the Niger senator
said he would have resigned if he was the NSA to the president, adding that security
operatives always fail to act on intelligence reports.
“We have to call a spade a spade. If I was the national
security adviser in this country I would tender my resignation because I have
failed. When they are creating cells, you don’t wait until when you are
attacked then you will act,” he added.
“These intelligence that are being shared are information
given to you at a stage where the culprits have not concluded their motives and
plans and you will neutralise them.
“So for me, I believe
that we need to re-strategise and look at our demographic. If you go to Niger
state, today, you will see a lot of IDPs, people have left their villages.”
The NSA recently said Nigerians are tired of the security situation in the country, adding that citizens are gravitating towards self-help.
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