Sani Isah,

65, Business Executive, Abuja

They should not be sacked; because experience matters in every sphere of life. You cannot throw away the people with expertise in the office for those you have no knowledge of their capabilities. Stopping crime in the land is not about the security chiefs alone, but provision of employment for the unemployed youths in the country, because ‘an idle mind is the devil’s workshop’. So, if they are engaged, there will not be crime.

Civil Servant, Bauchi

The solution is not sacking of service chiefs. What the government should do is to carry out a thorough investigation around the issue to find a lasting solution. But that will not be achieved until all culprits who instigate or participated in these crises are punished, no matter how highly placed they are. Prominent individuals have been making uncomplimentary remarks against the security agencies, especially when their ethnic, religious or political group is being accused of violence. Such kind of people must be tamed through prosecution to serve as a deterrent to others. National Assembly members who have been in the forefront of the call for the sacking of the service chiefs should be asked whether they have ever made a legislation that will strengthen security or provided laws to punish culprits involved in this violence? Why should the service chiefs be sacked while prominent individuals have been known to be behind the crises? The federal and state governments must rise up to address the security challenges squarely, especially at this time when elections are coming and many politicians will capitalise on the situation to score cheap political points.