The opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack service chiefs following the worsening insecurity in the country, adding that Nigerians were already living in fear.
ADP’s National chairman, Engr Yabagi Yusuf Sani, in a statement Wednesday in Abuna, said the service chiefs have failed to deliver on their mandate in spite of the unprecedented financial and morale support from the Federal government.
Decrying the alarming level of insecurity in the country, Sani wondered why President Buhari retained the service chiefs who should have resigned voluntarily after attaining the years of retirement.
The ADP chief claimed that Nigerians in all spheres of endeavour are now living in perpetual fear of either being abducted, killed or robbed due to the unchecked escalation of activities of Boko Haram, ISWAP, bandits, killer herdsmen, kidnappers or armed robbers.
ADP noted: “History does not remember Generals but Kings, the embarrassing inexplicable breakdown of the nations security architecture under your watch if not halted would become an undoing of your administration not the record of service of your Service Chiefs.
“A case in point is the recent rain of terror by suspected bandits and herdsmen on innocent citizens in some parts of Plateau, Niger, Benue, Kaduna, Zamfara, Edo and Katsina states.
“We wish to draw the attention of His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR that at this critical period in our nation’s history where insecurity occasioned by incessant cases of kidnappings, banditry, communal clashes is at its peak, there is an urgent need to sack the current Service Chiefs and appoint a new set of security Chiefs whose vibrancy and fresh ideas will yeild the desired result.”
The party urged all religious, traditional and community institutions to counsel their subjects on the need to remain calm and tolerant of one another by exhibiting the culture of unity and peace as law abiding citizens.
The ADP also called on all Nigerians to embrace the virtues of peace, love, unity and accommodation of one another for national prosperity and progress.
It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari recently expressed surprise at the current surge of insecurity challenges across the country, having previously promised to end insecurity in the country during his campaign.
