National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Tuesday backed former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo’s call for national dialogue on security in Nigeria, stating that Nigeria’s
security apparatchik has totally collapsed.
Secondus in an interview allegedly
said the continued retention of the service chiefs by President Muhammadu
Buhari is a compensation for helping the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig
elections in the just concluded February/March general elections.
According to the national chairman of PDP, "The
former president Obasanjo is calling for a national security summit or debate
on national security, and for me, this
is even too late, because on the security system in Nigeria presently, we are
sitting on a keg of a gun powder.
"We should declare a state of emergency on the
security system in this country. Indeed, things are getting out of hand. We are gradually sliding into a failed nation
due to the level of insecurity in the country right now. The security of this country is like a quick
sand, the more you wriggle, the more we sink into the abyss.
"I support the call by President Obasanjo that
we need a national security dialogue or debate because things are indeed
getting out of hand. President Muhammadu Buhari cannot move this country
forward any longer, he is a dictator.
"He behaves like a monarch presiding over a
failed system. The security system must be invigorated. Something must be done.
The killings and the level of kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria as well as the
farmers and herdsmen crises are unbearable.
Lives have no meaning any longer.”
He stated that today, Nigerians are lamenting over the death of
Funke, the daughter of Pa Ruben
Fasoranti because she is from a known family,
explaining that many Nigerians have equally lost their lives in the same
circumstance.
According to Secondus, “The fact remains that
President Buhari has not demonstrated the capacity to lead a country as complex
as Nigeria. Events have shown that he
cannot handle our diversities and ensure a united and equitable country that
guarantees fairness, justice and space to all citizens without fear or favour.”
He, therefore, advised President Buhari to listen
to the pulse of the country; accept his failure and seek help from other
well-meaning Nigerians in order to take back the country from this imminent
collapse.
The PDP national leader also called on all
Nigerians across the divides, irrespective of creed, ethnicity and political
leaning, to close ranks, eschew all primordial and parochial interests and work
together for the stability of “our dear country.”
On the increasing number of governorship aspirants
in both Kogi and Bayelsa States, Secondus said: "That is the beauty of
democracy. We cannot stop any one from exercising his or fundamental human rights. But at the end of the day, the people will
decide who they want to govern them."
He reiterated that the party would conduct a peaceful
governorship congress where the will of the people would prevail.
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