NORTHERN LEADERS ARE TALKING, on the Insurgency! VERDICT: This insurgency is happening either because of the President’s incompetence or because he politically designed it to cause confusion in the country. *Vice President, Namadi Sambo: The Minister of Defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau, he is a Muslim and from Zamfara State; the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, is also a Muslim from Sokoto State; the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Suleiman Abba is also a Muslim from Jigawa State and my humble self hail from Zaria town, Kaduna State. “It is unfair for anybody to think that as Muslims and Northerners holding political positions in the Federal Government, we can connive or aid anyone or group of persons committing atrocities in the North and the nation as a whole. *Former Minister of State for Finance during Gen. Sani Abacha regime, Alhaji Abu Gidado: “For a government of the people, for such insurgency, it is either responsible for what is happening or is irresponsible to cope with its responsibility. That is my stand. “The insurgents or whatever you may call them, haven’t got the capacity of the government; they haven’t got the means or the resources. If they can challenge the government for so long, it is either the government is responsible for it or it has failed in its duty as government, therefore, it is irresponsible. For failing to use the resources available, which is more than that of any insurgent or anybody within its domain, to tackle it, it (government) is either responsible for what is happening, therefore, it cannot check itself; it is doing it or it is irresponsible and, therefore, it is failing in its responsibility to the people.” *Former Deputy President of the Senate, Mamman Danmusa: Did Retired Admiral Nyako not mention this? He did... he did... in a paper he presented in America. So, it not something new; it is only now that God in His infinite mercy permitted this thing to come out but one thing is quite clear, anything based on injustice will not last. “You don’t need to go to school to believe that government is responsible (for this insurgency). So, not only that, in their narrow perception of things, they tried to divide the North: Muslims against Christians, but it is now clear to all Northerners that it is not the question of religion. *Prominent Islamic scholar, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi: “This bloodshed has gone beyond comprehension. There are claims that they are occurring in this magnitude because some politicians want to cause insecurity in the North so that there won’t be election. It is very disturbing. I don’t think these recent bombings, especially the ones that hap pened in Kano Central Mosque, are Boko Haram. They know themselves. There are people in this government that don’t want the Boko Haram crisis to end. That is why it went to this stage and now it is an open thing. The ones carrying out these attacks are not Muslims. Their target is to kill Muslims, destroy the North so that there won’t be elections in 2015. These politicians want the insecurity to continue so that there won’t be election to enable them to continue. That is what they are looking for. To destroy the North and our communities so that they will remain in power. We have taken them to God and God will judge the matter. There is no security. How many are the Boko Haram members that the Federal Government cannot defeat them? What is the strength of our military? How can almajiri be come difficult for the Federal Government to defeat? There is something fishy. There are plans to destroy the Muslims in the North. There are plans to weaken the North and the country so that there won’t be elections in 2015. The political leaders in power want to continue, that is why they are allowing such destruction to continue. The Federal Government has failed to protect the lives and property of citizens. I advise Nigerian citizens to be vigilant and proactive. They must defend themselves against attacks of these kinds. *Former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr Yakubu Lame: “I feel sad whenever I see our people being killed every day, every day to no end, and nothing seems to be happening, so that is a very serious dilemma we are in, very serious. The PDP has abdicated responsibility. The purpose of government is to provide security for lives and property. And the Federal Government is the custodian of the instrument of security. And for them to say that they are blaming the APC, it means they are failing in their job. Whether the APC is truly or not, they should be able to stop them from doing that, so they should not abdicate their responsibility because of incapacity to do the correct thing.” *Former police boss, Abubakar Tsav: It is true that the North strongly suspects the involvement of the Federal Government in the insurgency crisis for political reasons or gains. I feel that last Friday’s attack on the Kano Central Mosque cannot be the work of Muslims or true Christians. The operation must have been carried out by a third force. “There is the belief that the Niger Delta militants have infiltrated all the security agencies in the country. Some of them are fanatical pagans who believe neither in Christianity nor in Islam. Such people or group is capable of doing anything for money. “The suspicion that the Federal Government is fuelling the insurgency is confirmed by the President’s ineptitude and inaction against the terrorists ravaging the North East. He is more interested in issues relating to his re-election. “Imagine that the very young Chibok Schoolgirls were abducted over six months ago and he (Jonathan) has done nothing to rescue them. Who knows if the girls are the same girls that have been indoctrinated and are being used as suicide bombers? “As for the Vice President, he was merely protecting his job, he is not sincere in his remark. It is merely hypocrisy typical of the PDP. The government is using the police to intimidate and cow the North to submission. “Why has Ali Modu Sheriff suddenly become a confidant and friend of Jonathan? Why did the Federal Government not carry out an open investigation against the former Chief of Army Staff? In many of the happenings and the fact that politicians and service men are using the insurgency to acquire wealth, I also believe that government is fuelling the insurgency. It is messy! “During the Abacha regime, there was this spate of bombings here and there in Lagos State and this was attributed to NADECO, but it was later traced to security agencies. I was the Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, so I had privileged information. *Former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa: “It is inevitable for Vice President Namadi Sambo to visit Kano and represent President Goodluck Jonathan over the bombing, because I don’t think it is safe for the President to travel to anywhere in Nigeria because of the level of insecurity in the country. “And this insurgency is happening either because of the President’s incompetence or because he politically designed it to cause confusion in the country. So, the visit to Kano is nothing new, but more of a face-saving, because even Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa is not safe. There is insecurity everywhere.” Http://theparadigmng/?p=26212
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:27:04 +0000
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