Remarks of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, at a press conference in Abuja on the security situation in the country…on Monday.
Gentlemen of the press, recall that I addressed you here in April on the worsening security situation in the country.
Then, a female international aide worker was killed in Kaduna State amidst the endless bloodletting across the country.
Between April and now, the security situation in the country has gone from bad to worse, forcing concerned patriotic leaders to voice out alarmingly to President Muhammadu Buhari that the nation is collapsing under his watch.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a timely tirade to the President on Monday, raised all the issues and properly situated the security position in the country.
He went further to highlight the implications of the current state of the nation and where we are headed if urgent steps are not taken.
As the National Chairman of the main opposition party, I cannot agree less with the former President when he said among other things that “The main issue, if I may dare say, is poor management or mismanagement of diversity which, on the other hand, is one of our greatest and most important assets. As a result, very onerous cloud is gathering. And rain of destruction, violence, disaster and disunity can only be the outcome. Nothing should be taken for granted; the clock is ticking with the cacophony of dissatisfaction and disaffection everywhere in and outside the country”
Before Obasanjo’s letter, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan had warned the President of what he called “the cloud of destabilisation hovering”.
Also the country’s only Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, had to declare that the problem of Nigeria has gone beyond President Buhari.
“The problems of this nation are beyond the solution that can be offered by this government, that’s the first admission; they have to stop thinking in partisan government.
“There is a minimal level which any government, which has been elected to power, must achieve to be considered a true representative of the people.
“Look at what’s happening today with cattle all over the place, that’s a security issue, which should never have reached this level if we have a leader”.
Respected Elder statesman and former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Balarabe Musa, also joined his voice to that of these compatriots to urge Nigerians not to be afraid to tell the government the truth that they have failed woefully.
” This government of Buhari is the worst in the history of Nigeria, every patriotic Nigerians should come out and talk to Buhari and save the country from war”.
The PDP whole heartedly associates itself with the position of these patriotic Nigerians and urges President Buhari to respond appropriately to their timely advisories by declaring state of emergency on security in the country and go further urgently to address the issues raised in Obasanjo’s letter.
There is no doubt that the only thing apparent in President Buhari and APC administration is incompetence and this is clearly underscored in the way and manner they are handling the affairs of governance which has continued to take a huge toll on the nation.
The level of bloodletting occasioned by the barrage of criminalities across the country can only be happening in a country without government.
The killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio cultural organisation, Afenifere, is the height point of murdering of innocent Nigerians across the land.
It certainly cannot be well for a nation that creates an ugly situation where a 94-year-old Nationalist would be burying his 58-year-old daughter. Sad!
This certainly is not Nigeria of our dream.
