As crisis sweeps through the streets of Zamfara state, the President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has claimed that the Federal Government isn’t facing security.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki said that the killings have gone on too long and that more should have been done.
His statement read in part: “There is need for certain and proper profiling of the situation so that we can know whether it is simple cattle rustling, vicious armed robbery on a large scale, religious cum ethnic crisis or invasion by foreign forces.
“Our security agencies must immediately come out with a proper understanding of the situation, the right strategy and deployment of the necessary troops to tackle the menace.
“We must within the next few days send the right signals to the criminals in that area that the Nigerian State will no longer tolerate the on-going blood-letting.
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“We must immediately change our strategy. Also, the President has to take full, direct control. May be the President must widen the consultation within the armed forces on the search for a solution to this problem.
“He must go beyond the first line military top brass. We need to get ideas from more sources than we presently do.”
Saraki also cast doubts on the President’s ability to restore peace, wondering why he is yet to convene a meeting with leaders of the National Assembly, legislators and traditional rulers on the Zamfara situation.
“President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately give a marching order to the various security agencies and tell them to give him the progress report on a regular basis. We should look at the Zamfara killings as a major threat to our democracy, particularly as we move towards election period in the next 50 days.” Saraki said