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From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
A governorship aspirant in Ogun State on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Segun Showunmi, has called on the state governors, especially in the southwest, to wake up to their responsibilities by ensuring the security of lives of their people.
Showunmi who made this call in a statement he personally signed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Wednesday, posited that state governors who draw security votes on a monthly basis should be able to come up with a comprehensive framework to secure their states, the people and those who live peacefully there.
The PDP chieftain bemoaned the recent killings of traditional rulers in Ekiti State, noting that the killing was not only heinous, but extremely provocative.
According to him, those behind the dastard act are threatening the peaceful coexistence of the nation, insisting governors as Chief Security Officers of their respective states must up the ante and carry out their constitutional responsibilities of safeguarding their people.
While calling for restructuring of policing framework in the country, Showunmi said no efforts must be spared in making sure that all those who are remotely connected to kidnapping, banditry and other crimes are found and brought to book.
He said that government must not wait until the people take laws into their own hands especially since it has become the norm to ethnically profile crime which is extremely dangerous, emphasising “a crime must be called a crime, all this nonsense of calling it tribal names is dangerous”.
“Those who draw security votes at the sub-national levels must know that we are sliding into some form of ground zero.
“To those with responsibility to safeguard our people, that is governors, the earlier you come up with a comprehensive framework to secure our land, her people and those who live peacefully there the better.
“The conspiracy of state destabilisation as a tool of undermining government will not be tolerated. There is no such thing as a highly highly-placed personality in my book when it comes to killing people, those who speak the language of those involved in this madness should call them to order immediately,” Showunmi added.
He charged President Bola Tinubu to do his duty by opening up to the enormous capacity that is available to stamp firm authority in the insecurity situation in the country.
“Intelligence Agencies are encouraged to profile all those who could be remotely connected with this unending, blood-draining insecurity with a matter of urgency.
“Throwing money at it under security spending is not enough, it is time to bring down the sponsors of this demonic agenda. No one will allow any group under any guise to put the nation in disarray, as we owe it a duty to ensure that every inch of our country is safe and every person in our country feels secured and protected,” he submitted.
