The Spokesman of the Coalition Against Killing in Northern Nigeria, Murtala Abubakar, tells GODWIN ISENYO that failure of the Federal Government to listen to the demands for improve security in the...
The Spokesman of the Coalition Against Killing in Northern Nigeria, Murtala Abubakar
What motivated you to release the statement asking the Federal Government to stop killings by bandits in the North? To us, President Buhari’s warning to the service chiefs for non-performance is not enough. That is not what we are asking for. Our demand is specific: sack the service chiefs.It is not a one-man idea. Like I told you, we are civil society organisations working for the betterment of northern Nigeria. Today, one of the challenges facing our people is the issue of insecurity. At individual levels , we have worked to see how we can help end these mindless killings.
It should deal with the root cause of the problem, which is socioeconomic, that is, ensuring that industries in the North are revived. We expected that when power returned to the north, Buhari would assemble patriotic technocrats, who would come up with plans to revive industries in the North or even establish new ones. During their campaigns, even the Kaduna governor said he was going to assist in bringing about those industries five years into his tenure; nothing has been heard about this.
The masses of this region felt Buhari meant well, and that whatever action was taken by him would benefit the North, but they failed to realise that in government, if you allow people to sit comfortably, they will be carried away by the euphoria of the office and will not remember the critical things they need to do. So, the average northerner thought that Buhari was a messiah before now. They allowed things to get so bad until they realised late that Buhari had derailed.
When the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, made a statement similar to that, he was arrested and charged with treasonable felony. Are you all prepared for that?
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