Insecurity: Action, Mr. President

Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman AkanbiSIR: In todays Nigeria, insecurity is the talk in town and rightly so. The country is under the scourge of insecurity. While the whole world continues to battle the novel Coronavirus, some states in the north are facing another endemic. Whereas Covid-19 is real, incessant killings is more of concern to them at this critical period. Many lives have been lost to the scourge of insecurity.Northern Nigeria is in deep grief. Things are not going smooth in that part of the country. As other Nigerians wake, sleep and live in peace, Northern Nigeria is on the boil. Borno, Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, etc are epicentres of banditry, kidnapping and killings. These are states where men of the underworld have launched countless attacks that have claimed many lives. Sadly, they appear unstoppable. The once peaceful atmosphere of the region is now a story for the gods.Physical and online protests have gone on and on just as advocacy against the menace have also been mounted in the media. Yet, the problem has persisted.Before now, the only part of the North ravaged by insecurity was the Northeast. After the general election in 2015, the country recorded some gains against the Boko Haram when some local governments captured by the group were reclaimed by the Nigerian military. Since then, insecurity of different kinds have spread to the entire regionthe Northwest and North-Central have become centers of killings and insecurity too.Sad to imagine that this is the part of the country where President Muhammadu Buhari comes from; the same president who before general elections in 2015, vowed to bring insecurity to its knees.Not only that, top officials of the administration are majorly northerners. This is a big challenge to our leaders. This, in the sense that, almost all of our service chiefs are from the North.Of recent, the killings in Southern Kaduna have also attracted national and global attention. Here, people have lost parents, children and siblings etc.Meanwhile, the National Assembly has called for the replacement of the service chiefsa call which the president has since turned down. To most Nigerians, the service chiefs may have tried their best but it seems they have little left to offer. Which is why they expect the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to take charge and decide. The president needs to take drastic steps to assuage citizens growing apprehensions and to bring peace back to the country.Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi, Ilorin, Kwara State.
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