The Presidential
aspirant of the Alliance
for a New Nigeria
(ANN), Elishama Ideh
has called on
President
Muhammadu Buhari to
declare a state of
emergency in the
security architecture of
the nation in the light
of the latest attack on
11villages in Plateau
State.
Ideh decried the total
disregard to the
sanctity of human life
as these killings have
continued unabated
without any sign of
stopping anytime
soon.
In her reaction on the
latest killings, she
wondered at how a rag
tag army could
overwhelm the Nigeria
Army which has
established an
international
reputation as one of
the finest in Africa.
Wondering what has
happened to
intelligence gathering
by security agencies
as their standard
response has become
the familiar refrain of
our troops arrived
after the attackers
have disappeared into
the bush.
Commiserating with
the bereaved, Ideh
said, “As a mother and
wife, I connect with the
trauma of mothers
watching helplessly as
their children and
husbands are cut
down like animals or a
daughter being gang
raped by criminals,
while our government
embarks on jamboree
as if it is normal.”
She calls on the
security agencies to
stand up and be
counted as Nigeria is
at war within; and even
more worrisome is the
ease with which the
assailants commits
this heinous crime
without being
apprehended.
“This is a tough war
and the government
whose cardinal
responsibility is the
security of life and
property of Nigerians
has let them down
abysmally. This
recurring gory tale is
no longer tolerable or
acceptable,” she
added.
The Presidential
candidate however
called for the
immediate arrest and
investigation of
Danladi Ciroma and
the leadership of
Miyetti Allah whose
leaders has been
making inflammatory
and suggestive
comments about the
killings and total
proscription of the
group as a terrorist
organization and to
determine the actual
motive behind the
killings and put
measures in place to
stop it.
Ideh also said
President Buhari and
the APC led Federal
Government are acting
like Emperor Nero who
fiddled while Rome
burnt. Wondering how
politicians could be
scrambling for power
while a segment of
their population are
being wiped out, she
asked, “Who will they
govern if all the people
get killed?”
She called on eminent
Nigerians as well as
members of the public
to speak up in defense
of the right to life of
potential victims
whose live is being
taken at will while we
all watch as
spectators, insisting
that every Nigerian life
matters.
