Even one year after the mandate was renewed, in 2019, the ruling party is yet to fulfill this pledge substantially. CounterInsurgency Insecurity Nigeria BokoHaram ISWAP Bandits
The massacre being masterminded by bandits, insurgents, armed herdsmen, kidnappers among sundry despicable elements, contradicts the promise of security as a cardinal plank upon which President Muhammadu Buhari, and his All Progressives Congress rose to power in 2015.
The Nigeria Security Tracker, which compiles violent incidents fuelled by socio-economic and political tendencies, stated that 114 persons lost their lives in Borno State within this period. The Borno State is dovetailed by Katsina State on the list of fatalities, as 75 people were killed. One of the killing sprees that riled Nigerians, as well as the international community was Tuesday, June 9 killing of 81 persons in Faduma Kolomdi Village in Gubio Local Council of Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents, who posed as preachers.The Defence Headquarters in explaining the cause of the attack said the insurgent killed the locals as punishment for revealing their locations to the military.
For instance, in May 2019, the Nigerian Army alleged that some unnamed foreign powers, working in concert with their local collaborators were complicating the country’s security challenges, by sponsoring terrorism and banditry. “There are several political interests, politicians, in particular, are not happy with their defeat and therefore, trying to take revenge by sponsoring some of these criminal activities. There are strong political undertones, strong political influence,” he said.
Perhaps, it is this act of prevarication that prompted a former Chief of Defence Staff , Gen. Alani Akinrinade to, in February, declared that Nigeria’s security system is not working and that the Federal Government “should go to hell if it cannot provide security” for Nigerians, which it swore to protect.
Akinriade’s positions speak directly to the situation that is playing out in Katsina State, where thousands of residents are being displaced and even killed while the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, last week admitted to failing to protect the residents and apologising to the residents for his government’s inability to protect them.
He added: “Our role is to complement efforts of the security agencies for which I believe we are doing nothing less than 90 percent in terms of whatever is expected of us, based on resources available to us.” “The situation is getting worse literally by the day. Bandits and insurgents appear to sense a huge vacuum in political will and capacity, which they exploit with disastrous consequences on communities and individuals.
He expressed concerned over the loss of lives and destruction of property arising from attacks by bandits, Boko Haram terrorists and rapists, and called for an end to the acts of terror being unleashed on innocent people. “It is on a sad note that this coalition wishes to remind the Federal Government and government at all levels, that the primary responsibility of government anywhere, particularly the one that was democratically elected by voters, is to protect the lives and property of citizens… Alas, five years into President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, instead of reducing insecurity, it has escalated thereby exposing great numbers of our people to avoidable deaths and loss of property in a manner that history...
One of those, who believe that the Federal Government has achieved little, and is being sloppy in its fight against terrorism in particular and insecurity, in general, is a security analyst, Col. Hassan Stan-Labo . Stan-Labo asked: “Do all soft targets currently playing host to our critical national infrastructures maintain risk assessment scorecards? Do we have trained first responders at all major parks, markets, leisure spots, stadia, and crowded places to handle emergencies before the arrival of NEMA? Have all DPOs nationwide established regular security liaison with the various market management committees within their areas of operations? Has the Nigeria Police put in place counter-terrorist liaison...
Commenting on whether the recent escalation of attacks buttresses claims by the Northern Elders Forum that it appears the Buhari administration and governors have lost control over the imperatives of protecting people of the North, Stan-Labo said: “The truth of the matter is that we are reality-shy as a nation in addressing our problems. We lack the guts and political will to do the needful.
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