Al-Mustapha: Movement of Arms, Drugs into Nigeria Worrisome
Ganduje says insecurity biggest challenge for 2023 elections
The presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) and former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha(rtd) has raised the alarm over new discoveries of movement of drugs and arms in large quantities into the country ahead of the 2023 elections.
Al-Mustapha raised the alarm yesterday in Abuja at the annual roundtable organised by Platinum Post, with the theme: “Contemporary Security Challenges and their Effect on the 2023 General
Election.”
The intelligence officer cum politician described performance of security managers in the country from 1999 to date as unfortunate.
He said while there were those who truly worked hard, numerous ones who died, those who are widows and orphans, but insisted that those in authority should have not sat down and change the doctrine from military to civil in terms of peace education, peace maintenance and creating enumerations for people to come out of the shock
His words: “As of today, all the agencies in Nigeria and I’m sure the representative of the Inspector General of Police (IG), if he’s aware of what I’m going to talk about, new discoveries of movements of drugs, arms, are coming into Nigeria through numerous borders and in large quantities. I’m talking of now, as I speak. But I’m sure the society is not aware.
“The question is at whose instance are these new weapons coming in? Why the increase? Who are the vendors? Who has sent for it? Is it politicians? What is the plan, can the election hold? Has the friction started between political parties and candidates and their supporters? The question is who is sending the arms? To reinforce the insurgency or to reinforce the political side of it?”
The presidential candidate stated categorically that copying the management of insurgency from elsewhere is fundamental mistakes the managers of security in the country are making.
He added: “In management of insurgency, you have kinetic and non kinetic approaches. But the mistake we have been making is the fact that once insurgency is established, we take the same measures as Country C, bringing it into ours, a colossal mistake.