… Says President Counts Security Billions While Nigerians Count Corpses
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the reported massacre and mass abduction in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, describing it as another bloody indictment of Nigeria’s failing security architecture.
In a statement on Monday issued by his media office, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said reports that more than 40 Nigerians were slaughtered and scores abducted represent a familiar tragedy: terrorists attack, kill and disappear before security forces arrive.
“What happened in Borgu is a national disgrace. Nigerians cannot continue counting corpses while the government counts billions supposedly spent on security.
“Worse still, it has been over 100 days since schoolchildren and 38 other civilians were kidnapped. A hundred days in captivity means a hundred nights of parents wondering whether their children are hungry, sick, frightened or even alive. Now, before those families have found closure, Borgu is bleeding.
He wondered how many Nigerians must die before Tinubu accepts that his security architecture is failing.
According to Atiku, enormous security appropriations mean little if farmers cannot reach their farms, travelers fear the highways and terrorists can invade communities and abduct citizens almost at will.
“The question is no longer how much Nigeria spends on security, but what security Nigerians are getting for the money.
“The Atiku security plan rests on one principle: the balance of terror must belong overwhelmingly to the Nigerian state. Criminals should fear the state; citizens should not fear being abandoned by it.
“This requires more than boots. It requires boots, hardware, technology and intelligence working as one system. Terrorists assemble, weapons move, money changes hands and camps are maintained before attacks occur. Those footprints must become intelligence, and intelligence must become action.”
Atiku said his administration would overhaul intelligence coordination, deploy surveillance and geospatial technology, strengthen rapid-response capabilities and establish measurable performance benchmarks for security commanders.
“Security must move from reaction to anticipation — from counting bodies to preventing funerals.
“The President appoints the security chiefs, receives intelligence, and commands the resources. He cannot, therefore, behave like a distant commentator whenever Nigerians are slaughtered. The buck stops at his desk.”
The ADC presidential candidate condoled with the families of those reportedly killed and demanded the immediate rescue of all abducted citizens.
“Tinubu’s security architecture counts the dead. The Atiku security plan will stop the killing.”
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