Insecurity: Assert Yourself As Commander-in-Chief, Afenifere Tells Buhari

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By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan


Worried by the spate of insecurity across Nigeria, a Pan Yoruba socio political organization, Afenifere on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to brace up and assert himself in the area of protecting innocent Nigerians
The Pan Yoruba socio political organization in a statement by its National Publicly Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi specifically asked President Buhari to demonstrate that he is still the Commander-in-Chief.
Afenifere lamented that going by the rate at which insecurity is festering, it is as though there is no authority who could reign-in the monster, adding, ” the sitting President, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, as such the person on whose shoulder the security and welfare of Nigerians squarely lie on”. 
Expressing serious worries and consternation on the level of insecurity in Nigeria and wondered if President Muhammadu Buhari is aware of the situation at all”, the Pan Yoruba socio political organization noted ” unfortunately, we have not seen veritable indications that the C-in-C is aware of the enormity of the situation or is putting up any strategy to arrest it.”
” Equally important, President Muhammadu Buhari needs to come out and let perpetrators of terrorism and kidnapping know that he has had enough. He should let them realize that the pact he signed with Nigerians was not to come and see to the serial termination of their lives but to ensure their security, improve their welfare and move the nation to a desirable next level”, it said.
Afenifere added, ” unfortunately, the President has not been able to deliver on any of the desirables. He only brought to the nation, the negatives which were far from the expectation of anybody.”
” What Nigerians expect from the government is not sympathy but actions. Actions that will put a total end to the nightmare, indeed life-terminating experiences they are going through presently!”
Afenifere while reiterating  its position on the need to allow State Police and to properly take care of our security agencies generally, Afenifere maintained that the business of Nigerian President is not to ‘grieve’ for victims of terrorism but to ensure that terrorism, kidnapping and allied crimes do not occur at all in the country. 
It concluded by calling on the President to demonstrate that he is still there as the Commander in Chief. Alternatively, he can delegate all the necessary authority to his Vice with whom he shared a joint ticket anyway – “especially given his earlier declaration that he was anxious for May 29, 2023 to come quickly”.

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