Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Federal Government to urgently take steps to halt the escalating security challenges in the country, which he said has reached an embarrassing proportion.
Reacting to the twin blasts in Kaduna on Wednesday, which targeted at Islamic cleric, Dahiru Bauchi and a former Head of State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), the former Vice President said a situation, where a former Head of State and key opposition figure could be targeted by terrorists or hatchet killers was a dangerous development. This, he said, should not be taken lightly by any responsible Nigerian.
Atiku said that the targeting of Buhari, whatever might be the motive or whoever could be behind it, had added a dangerous dimension to a bad security situation in the country.
He explained that the attack on Buhari had only deepened the anxiety of ordinary citizens that nobody was safe, if a former Head of State could be so targeted and almost killed but for providence.
The former Vice President said that while it was the duty of all leaders, regardless of political affiliation, to support the anti-terrorism efforts in the country, he added that it would not be wise to keep quiet when events in the country were taking disturbing dimension.
He observed that while public support was essential to fighting insecurity, he added that the government also had the task of reassuring the citizens that its measures and strategies were working to justify the huge expenditures on security.
The Turaki Adamawa maintained that sustainable public support for these counter-terrorism efforts depended largely on the results being achieved.
He also maintained that it was beyond his comprehension why terrorists and assassins operate with maximum ease, undetected and unmolested by anybody.
While saying that his opinion had nothing to do with politics, he said it was about the larger interest of Nigeria, adding that he was embarrassed by the frequency and brutality with which terrorists and other criminals committed atrocities without detection.
He urged security agencies to rise to the deteriorating security challenges by deploying the needed software and hardware to intelligence gathering.
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