President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, the preeminent Igbo sociocultural organization, to take strong action against the nation’s insecurity.
Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the national president of the Igbo organization, advised the president to take quick action and avoid what he referred to as the “Goodluck Jonathan treatment” in a statement released on Sunday.
According to Okwu, the spate of kidnappings that have occurred throughout the nation over the past two weeks indicates a well-thought-out scheme to undermine public trust in the administration.
He stated, “when the Chibok incident occurred, then president Goodluck Jonathan did not realise quickly that it was a gang-up against his government. Even the security agencies were not telling him the truth.
“By the time the government realised what was happening, it was late and it became an international issue, such that even the wife of the American president joined the bring back our girls campaign.
“The same forces are at it again; this idea of kidnapping schoolchildren in droves is not just to get ransom; the major idea is to discredit the government, make it look incompetent and demarket it from before the international community.”
He urged President Tinubu to bark and bite “by issuing a clear ultimatum to the security heads and should they fail to get the desired result within the expected time frame, they should be fired.
“This is the only way to end this nationwide embarrassment.
“We cannot understand how over 200 human beings would be moved from one place to another unchallenged.
“It means that something is wrong somewhere and Mr president should march words with action before Jonthan’s fate would befall him.
“Mr President should act swiftly before the schoolchildren are moved to neighbouring countries. Any form of delay is dangerous.”
