Borno elders: ‘FG is ignoring Boko Haram crisis’
Somebody said he knows them, they are in the government (executive and legislature). So many were arrested in connection with Boko Haram but not tried in court, God is watching, time will tell!
Mohammed
mohammed@yahoo.com The 200 killed is just in the past week. Less than 30 died in sandy hook and Obama couldn’t rest for weeks. I think it was Thomas Hobbes who said “the primary function of a government is to protect its people. Protection of citizens gives government legitimacy.” What happens when a government can’t protect its people? It isn’t legitimate at all. The government of Jonathan is in danger in the North. Northern people might have to form their own police and army to protect themselves; I hope that day never comes. But it’s very clear that with 200 innocent people killed in Borno, the Presidency’s response, “we are winning” confirms our worst fears. Mr. President “doesn’t give a damn”.
Jigawa Man
jigawaman@hotmail.com The same Borno elders who were insisting that the Army should be removed? No, if they are elders they will not say this. Elders have honour and dignity and will take responsibility for whatever they ever uttered. To shift blame to another court is how not to be an elder.
Elisha
reachouty2k@yahoo.co.uk *********************** What do these elders really want? Are they not the same people that didn’t want the military in the first place? Besides, is the Boko Haram phenomenon not a sufficient indication of failed parenting by the so-called elders?
Emeka
ugwuog@gmail.com Say it louder Borno Elders, there is an element of dereliction of priorities by the federal government. It is either the insurgents are stronger than the FG or the FG does not want to do its duty deliberately. The question now is: where do we all run to if Chad or Cameroon decides to attack Nigeria?
Fage Abdul
abdufage@gmail.com It is now undoubtedly clear that the main cause of crises in Nigeria is leadership failure - from the Civil War, OPC, MASSOB, Maitatsine, Ombatse, Niger Delta militants, and now Boko Haram. Corrupt judicial system, extreme poverty, lack of government regulation are some of the reasons for these problems and perhaps more to come.
Naturally, the president is supposed to have gone to Borno, Yobe and all other troubled areas to sympathise with them, if not govern from there. But unfortunately, what we are seeing is the president visiting traditional leaders, perhaps for his 2015 political ambition. The similitude of late President Yar’Adua not visiting the victims of 2008 Jos crisis ought to be a lesson for the incumbent.
Now that 2015 is approaching, I pray there be peace in Nigeria. Recently, the police said they are stockpiling weapons; this is a wrong and controversial statement as it will amount to the assumption that 2015 may be the end of the road for Nigeria. Let the federal government, in the manner of Gen Gowon’s RRR, or Yar’Adua’s amnesty, find a local solution to the problem in the trouble areas, as peaceful resolution of conflict remains the only viable solution to conflict in the world.
Comrade Katsina
Abdulbaqi
jariabdubaqi@gmail.com I feel ashamed of the federal government and the Nigerian Army’s role in the three North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa where State of Emergency rule was imposed. The lackadaisical attitude of the federal government and the deep corruption running in the Army cannot prove or justify the billions of Naira the country has been budgeting for the last two years on defence. It is a shame!
Is it because the three states are not oil producing states that can add to the nation’s coffers? Are those being killed not Nigerians? Are they not fellow human beings? Or is this the kind of “Fresh Air” promised in 2011? Is it what we would continue to face till 2019? There are many questions begging for answers, can somebody answer me please?
Hamidu Yusuf
hamiduyusuf@yahoo.com One can only imagine how these insurgents spent over five hours slaughtering, shooting, bombing, destroying people and property with no single challenge. As at this morning, I was made to believe that Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States are still in a state of emergency, and I don’t want to believe that our Army is rag-tag and can scamper when they see these hoodlums. No, Nigeria Army is very effective and one must understand their predicament and appreciate their patriotism. Again, the most annoying part of the present leadership is that its attention is 100 percent focused on how to use the same security to arm-twist and muzzle hapless Nigerians in order to rig the 2015 election. A stitch in time... less this menace consume us all!
Danladee
danladee@yahoo.co.uk Where were you when Mr President swore to protect the lives and property of the masses of this great country when taking his oath of office? Or is the North-east an exception to his oath? The real fact is that they are more concerned about 2015 elections than with the problems of the poor people who voted them to power.
Alhassan Umar
alhaslim@gmail.com What is uppermost in the mind of Mr. President is 2015 presidential election. How could we expect him to talk about insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country? He was in Sokoto to receive Bafarawa who defected to the PDP recently; he will soon be in Kano to receive Shekarau. Lest we forget, how did he even go to Maiduguri? Was it not after APC chieftains visited? If we are expecting any compassion or consideration from the FGN, we had better forget it.
Nuruddeen Abuhuraira
deenbash@yahoo.com