A chieftain of the PDP and former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has blamed the persistent insecurity experienced in Northern parts of Nigeria to collapse of moral upbringing in Nigeria and poor leadership in the country.
The former Governor while speaking in an interview with Premier Radio Kano on Wednesday, said northerners themselves must take responsibility for the worsening security crisis in the region.
“Northerners should blame themselves for the insecurity confronting the region, politicians are contributing to the destruction of young people’s lives, and that is worsening the security situation because of how they manipulate and neglect the youth.
“Where are Boko Haram members and bandits coming from? They are our children from the North, they were not thrown from the sky, they are among us, and today they seem stronger than us because of moral decay, the fault is ours, and we must fix it, starting from the foundation and proper upbringing at home,” Lamido said.
The PDP chieftain accused political leaders of abandoning their core responsibility to protect lives and property, saying many are now more concerned with politics than governance.
He said the North must wake up to the urgent need to rebuild discipline and proper upbringing among young people.
Lamido, backed the establishment of state police, which will tackle insecurity more effectively, but stressed that adequate training and discipline must come first.
“There is nothing wrong with state police, but they must be properly trained and guided on how to carry out their duties.
“It is disturbing that a northerner can arrest a fellow northerner and demand ransom. What kind of immortality is that? Meanwhile, leaders are only focused on politics,” he said.
Lamido added that justice and fairness among Northerners remain critical to restoring peace and stability in the region.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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