*ask him to back it with necessary wherewithal
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Pan Yoruba socio political organization, Afenifere on Sunday, described President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the army to confront “terrorists and insurgents” as repetition of earlier orders given by him.
Afenifere in a statement, also reiterated its position on state and community policing system that it must be allowed with all the necessary powers while the national security agencies are equipped, motivated and mobilized adequately in a manner that would make them tower above the enemies they are supposed to confront, the terrorists etc.
In the statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere noted that such an order ought to be backed with necessary action for it to be effective.
” The pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has described the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the army to confront “terrorists and insurgents and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to our countries” in West Africa as a repetition of orders that has been given so often that it no longer evokes substance because it was not backed up with necessary wherewithal”, it said.
It added, ” insurgency ought not to have occurred at all in the first place, were the government up to its responsibility. And since it began, the kid-glove treatment being meted out to the terrorists was what made them to grow to the point of taking over territories in some states in the northern part of the country notably Sokoto, Kaduna, Borno, Niger, Zamfara among others.”
” For example, it was on record that men of the Armed Forces had, at different times, complained that they do not have the kind of fire-power possessed by the terrorists they were supposed to confront and overcome.
While appreciating President Buhari’s affirmation to give the military needed support, the Pan Yoruba socio political organization stressed ” this has been said several times over without backing it up with action.”
