Show commitment to ending insurgency, Wike advises Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been charged by Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Wike, to demonstrate his commitment to the war against riot and insecurity in the country.
Also, the governor stated that the widespread insecurity in the country was disturbing and restated his call for State police to increase internal security.
Wike, stated these during an appearance on Channels Television on Tuesday night, and also asserted that no government can provide good governance when if it fails to protect lives and property, and also relayed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri to newsmen in Port Harcourt.
“The issue of security is paramount in governance and when a government cannot protect life and property, then that government has failed. There are no two ways about it. There is no propaganda that can solve the problem,” he said.
He explained the reasons insurgency, banditry, cultism, and other heinous crimes besetting Nigeria which had continued to fester was because the Federal Government has failed to acknowledge the fact that it lacked the capacity to fight the security challenges bedeviling the country.
“The President of the country has not shown enough strength to say I am willing to fight this insurgency; I am willing to fight insecurity problem in this country. As a leader, when people see you are willing to do something, I can tell you, you will see that people will come out and give him their best,” he added.
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The governor stated that the federal Government should openly admit they have obviously failed in the protecting lives and property and that they need support, ideas to solve the prevailing insecurity across the country.
He said it was heart-wrenching to hear the Governor of Niger State, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, lamenting how the Federal Government’s nonchalance to the security challenge in his state paved the way for Boko Haram to overrun over 50 communities.
Wike described this development as pathetic, the incessant cases of kidnapping, banditry, and murder of innocent civilians and soldiers.
“I think the federal government is not interested in the protection of life and property of Nigerians,” he said.
The Governor stated that there will be nothing wrong if the Buhari-led administration seek help from countries like the United States of America, China, United Kingdom and others that have faced and solved similar security challenges.
“If you are incapacitated, there is nothing wrong asking for help from people who have the capacity, who have what it takes to solve such problem. You don’t need to shy away because Nigeria is an independent sovereign country and therefore as a President of a country, you don’t need to seek help from outside.”
The governor called for the procurement of needed equipment that will enable the military and other security agencies to effectively fight insecurity in the country.
“If you listen to the security men they will tell you they lack equipment, they lack what it takes to fight terrorists or insurgents. They will tell you that, look, we don’t have the equipment,” Wike said, maintaining that the current insecurity across the country was an indicator to the salient evidence that the country urgently requires State police to tackle terrorism.
