…calls for release of Nnamdi Kanu
From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri
The National Vice Chairman ( Southeast), of the African Democratic Congress ( ADC), Chilos Godsent has alleged that the upsurge in the killings of innocent citizens across the nooks and crannies of the country is a clear demonstration of the weakness of the Tinubu led APC administration and the manifestation of the lopsided appointments of heads of security agencies based on tribalism and nepotism.
This is even as he reiterated that the approval of state police would help in tackling the insecurity in the country as those who are going to man the state police are indigenes of the state who speaks the language and are conversant with the terrains .
He also called for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB )Mazi Nnamdi Kanu , noting that his unconditional release from detention would improve the security situation in the southeast.
Mr Chilos who stated this in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Friday , said that the entire security architecture requires reconfiguration .
” The upsurge in the killings of innocent Nigerians by bandits across the nation is the clear demonstration of the weakness of the Tinubu’s administration and a manifestation of the lopsided appointments of heads of security agencies which is steeped in Tribalism and nepotism and not capacity, just as was witnessed also during the Buhari administration which left poor Nigerians at the mercy of bandits.
The federal government should reorganize the security architecture, retire those who should have been retired and dismiss those who should be dismissed, while some have to be redeployed . It has been alleged that bandits have infiltrated the entire security agencies. So , we need a total overhaulling of the entire security agencies in the country. The security agencies must be reconfigured . ”
He adds , “Tinubu led APC administration has not shown any capacity just like Buhari’s administration to protect the lives and property of Nigerians .
Tinubu who had promised during his campaigns of restructuring the country has shown lack of will power to carry out his campaign promises which includes the establishment of state police . For instance, if state police is established, those who are going to command these commands would be persons from the states who are conversants with the terrain and not somebody from Borno state , as it the case currently where Police Commissioners are deployed to states other than theirs .And , because they know the terrain policing the state is much easier because they also speak the same language.
Continuing, ” The release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will improve the security situation in the southeast. Right now , we don’t criminals hide behind the IPOB to commit atrocities. But if Nnamdi Kanu is released we will know those who are really fighting for Biafra and the real criminals. It would be seperating the wheats from the chaff . Today every crime in the southeast are allegedly attributed to the IPOB”. He said.