The President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima, has slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government for exacerbating security challenges facing the country through wrong policies.
According to Shettima, who spoke in an interview with New Telegraph, the level ofinsecurity was not as bad in 2014 as it presently is.
He said that the high rate of banditry, kidnapping, murder and killings across the nation resulted from the present administration’s confusion with what to do with power.
Identifying the causing of insecurity across the nation, Shettima said, “It has to do with wrong policies of the government. As at 2014, it wasn’t as bad as this. We did not experience what we are suffering today during previous governments. What we are going through today is simply because we have people who got power, but dont even know what to do with the power. They don’t even have clear direction of how they want to move the country.
“As a result of that, a lot of things got out of place. They lost control and a lot happened and lots are still happening. So, you need the political will and determination on the part of those who are saddled with responsibilities to be up and doing; to look at things as patriotic Nigerians and look at the issue of security as issue that will not only consume the poor, but also the rich.”
However, he disagreed with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that there was a plot to “Islamise” Africa and “Fulanise” West Africa.
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The AYCF President accused the ex-president of speaking based on conjecture.
Shettima said, “I differ with that assertion. The truth of the matter is that even the North cannot be Fulanised not to talk about the country.
“The North itself cannot be Islamised because you have Hausa/Funali, who are not Muslims, and besides, you also have other tribes that are core northerners but not Muslims. So, how do you intend to conquer? It is not possible.
“The era of conquering and forcefully taking over people is over. It only happened before the era of civilization; it is no longer relevant. So, it is not true. There are issues we can talk that we are sure off and there are issues we just imagine and say.”