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Security: FG, States have failed – CSOs

Call on Buhari to step aside or be impeached

21st February 2021
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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

 

Extremely concerned about the level of insecurity in the country, over 70 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), have declared that both the Federal and States Government have failed in their responsibility to keep the country secure from incessant banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery and terrorism.

They have also called the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to perform his duties and on grounds of gross misconduct as provided for in Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

They have also warned that amnesty for terrorists and abductors should stop, insisting that huge ransom paid to criminal gangs is used to purchase arms and ammunition to attack communities.

They described as callous the call by defence minister, Bashir Magashi that Nigerians should not “be cowards” but to stand up to armed bandits.

Addressing a Press Conference Sunday afternoon in Abuja, the CSOs called for arrested suspected should be prosecuted by State Attorney Generals.

In a statement title: “National Security: Buhari has so far, failed” said: “Nigeria is in dire straits. All over the country, Nigerian citizens, including children, are killed daily by terrorists and criminals as well as in extra-judicial killings by state actors with the government doing little or nothing about it. The government, through the Minister of Defence, has instead callously abdicated its responsibility and called Nigerian citizens ‘cowards’ and urged Nigerians to ‘defend themselves’.

“Kidnapping for ransom has assumed an industrial and deadly scale never witnessed on the African continent. Our children are no longer safe in schools and Nigerian citizens and communities are now pauperised by terrorists who extort huge ransoms while murdering their hostages. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, what has now become the government’s standard state policy of using taxpayers’ money to pay terrorists thereby funding and encouraging terrorism and criminality.

“President Buhari and his government have failed in their primary duty under Section 14 2(b) of the 1999 Constitution which is ensuring the security and welfare of the Nigerian people. Instead, under their watch, Nigeria is now a catalogue of bloodletting with:

• The unending war in the North East with our troops often bearing the brunt of this government’s security failures;

Gross injustices by President Buhari’s government against the Nigerian people such that peaceful protesters are threatened and attacked by the government’s security agents while terrorists carrying out mass murder, rape, maiming and kidnapping of Nigerians including women and children are feted, molly coddled, granted ‘amnesty’ and paid by the government. This is tantamount to funding and supporting terrorists, encouraging murder and the decimation of the Nigeria’s gallant troops and amounts to treason against the Nigerian State and people;
Terrorist herder attacks on unarmed farming communities and reprisal attacks in the face of government inaction and failure to bring the terrorist herdsmen and their funders to justice;
Large scale terrorist attacks in the North West irresponsibly tagged by the government as ‘banditry’ in a bid to downplay their criminality;
Industrial scale kidnappings all across the country;
Extrajudicial killings by State Security agents in various forms Inter-ethnic violence and
Menace of political cult gangs and ethnic militia.
The CSOs therefore, demanded that:”This government, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, has failed to protect Nigerians as is their primary duty under Section 14 (2)b of the 1999 Constitution and we hold President Buhari solely responsible as the buck stops at his desk. As Civil Society organisations, we call on the President to take immediate steps to:

Provide political and moral leadership for the security crisis and ensure governmental actions are humane in tandem with Section 17 (2) ( C ) of the Constitution;
End impunity for abuse of power and sectionalism through his appointments by balancing the need for competence with the federal character principle. In this way, he will demonstrate that every part of Nigeria matters as sectional appointments appear to fuel sectional violence;
Take responsibility and end the persecution of the media and free speech both of which are foundations of a democratic state.
Mobilize our rich Nigerian assets to address the insecurity situation across the country and seek international cooperation to ramp up security assets.
Where the President fails to fulfill his constitutional duties as stated above, we demand he steps aside or the National Assembly initiates impeachment proceedings against him on grounds of gross misconduct as provided for in Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The CSOs in conclusion said: “We remain hopeful as citizens of Nigeria and call on all Nigerians to keep hope alive as we bond together and build a nation where true peace and justice reign.”

 

 

Tags: armed robberybanditryCivil Society Organisations (CSOs)Federal and States Governmentkidnappingspresident muhammadu buhariTerrorism
Ajiri Daniels

Ajiri Daniels

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