A FEDERAL CAPITAL UNDER SIEGE Government should collaborate with our international partners to ensure the security and safety of all residents On the surface, life is normal i
Government should collaborate with our international partners to ensure the security and safety of all residents
We enjoin the federal government to take the situation more seriously than dismissing the terror alerts from these foreign embassies as mere scaremongering. To be forewarned as conventional wisdom teaches, is to be forearmed. When residents of the capital city of a country not only move around with a sense of foreboding but also feel uncertain about the capacity of the authorities to deal with such challenge, then there is a problem.
Today in the Federal Capital Territory , armed robbers operate within the city centre, including in highbrow areas like Maitama and Asokoro, and they have now been joined by kidnappers who abduct people in broad daylight. Yet, the strategic importance of Abuja not only as the seat of power but also the home to all foreign embassies and international agencies cannot be overemphasised.