Blaming traditional rulers amounts to failure, Balarabe Musa tells FG vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Unlike members of the Boko Haram that premised their violent campaign against the values of western education, secular justice and democracy; perpetrators of the current killings have been fingered in many things including cattle rustling, kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery and other forms of banditry like forcefully collecting illegal taxes.
This position of government is however not enjoying the support of some eminent Nigerians who believe that by blaming traditional rulers, government is evading responsibility and looking for those to scapegoat in a matter that is statutorily theirs to address.
Like Musa, Tanko Yakassai wants the Defence Minister to reveal the identity of the traditional rulers to be taken serious, adding that the lack of specificity in the allegation, makes government’s position unacceptable. On her part, rights activist and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group, Aisha Yesufu came short of describing Nigeria as a country on auto-pilot even as she bemoaned what she called the “lack of leadership” in Nigeria.
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