Nigeria\u2019s security crisis is deepening with stories of incredible banditry, kidnapping and near lawlessness pervading the land. The Army, Police and security agencies appear to be looking helpless in the situation. The impunity of banditry and kidnapping is shocking. Everyday appears to come up with a new story, worse than the previous one. The most recent case of kidnapping of an unspecified number of school children in Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State stands out. The State Governor, Bello Masari announced that at least 333 school children were missing and may have been kidnapped by bandits. Federal Government spokesman, Garba Shehu claimed that \u201conly ten\u201d students were missing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only recently, government figures have put the death\ntoll of terrorist killings in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government Area\nof Borno State at 43. Unconfirmed sources put the figures at 110. It would\nappear that Nigeria\u2019s security forces have lost the ability to respond to the\ncountry\u2019s security challenges. This loss of capacity has led to calls for the\nsack of the nation\u2019s security heads. Virtually every sector of Nigeria has made\nthis call \u2013 governors of the 36 States of the Federation, National Assembly\nmembers, State Houses of Assembly, the country\u2019s elders, political parties,\ncivil society groups, leading national voices and the media. It is unclear why\nthe President has refused to act on the calls from across the country for the\nsack of military heads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the abduction of the students, residents of\nKatsina State took to the streets in Kankara town in protest, to demand the\nimmediate release of the students. President Buhari who is currently on leave\nin his hometown, Daura in the State, merely condemned the incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The increasing spate of insecurity and the\ngovernment\u2019s approach to addressing the issue has further dampened the public\u2019s\nconfidence in the ability of the government to cater to the welfare of its citizens.\n It will be recalled that on Saturday,\nNovember 28, barely two weeks before the abduction of school children in\nKatsina, farmers were killed by insurgents in Borno State as they harvested\nproduce on their farmland, in an attack that has been described by the United\nNations as the most violent direct attack on innocent civilians this year. Widespread\nreports of criminal activities have become prevalent in North Eastern Nigeria,\nas well as in the North West region and indeed, other parts of the country,\nwith no concrete measures on the part of the government to address the\nsituation. Observers wonder the extent to which \nthis unabated incidence of criminality may affect Nigeria\u2019s territorial\nintegrity if definite steps are not taken timeously to arrest the situation.\nCitizens live in fear and uncertainty with no sense of security for their lives\nand property. Agitations for an overhaul of the security structure, as well as\ncalls for the sack of service chiefs which have gone unheeded, now seem to be\ngaining momentum as the realities of the country\u2019s security situation set in,\nin the minds of Nigerians. State governors have also called for devolution of\npower over security institutions, to\nState governments to create an efficient and effective security system for the\ncountry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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